Just had another flat tire on my trailer. That's 2 flats in 2 months
I can't blame either on the Chinese made tires though. Like the first flat, this one looks like a puncture of some sort. I hope to find out later this week when I have the tire unmounted from the rim.
I also have to relate a sort of embarrassing part to today's flat.
We were on our way home from the Wisconsin Dells on I-90 eastbound when we heard a loud piercing alarm sound. Looked at each other, looked all around. Checked cell phones, restarted onboard Nav PC before it finally hit us - Pressure Pro Tire Pressure Monitoring System! What an idot. Anyway, looked up at the visor mounted receiver and saw 95 PSI. Uh-oh. Too high for the truck and too low for the trailer. Sure enough - a trailer tire was on the way down. It was the off-door side rear axle tire. Saw a sign for a rest stop just past Portage, WI in about 2 miles. We maintained speed (about 60 MPH) while we monitored the pressure and watched for the exit. The pressure was slowly but steadily decreasing. By the time I pulled into the rest stop, it was about 83 PSI.
Pulled into the Truck/RV section and into a lane that used to be the RV dump lane. Worked out great. Nancy insisted I call ERS instead of doing it myself. Called Good Sam ERS, ate lunch, walked the dogs, rested in the trailer and in about 80 minutes, the repair truck arrived and got the spare on in about 10 minutes.
Learnings for me:
- I can change a tire a lot faster than waiting for a service to show up
- Pressure Pro works!
- Tire punctures can occur in the oddest of places (see image)
- RVing is not cheap - but it's a whole lot of fun!
Attached is a close-up image of the puncture. The puncture (or wound of unknown origin) is at the point where the tread area rolls off and becomes the sidewall. It looks like a knife puncture with a bit of rubber coming out of it. This occurred about 30 miles into our trip home. If I didn't pick anything up on the highway, I may have picked up a chunk of metal in the CG, then shucked it when the wheel was in highway speed rotation. One theory anyway.
I can't blame either on the Chinese made tires though. Like the first flat, this one looks like a puncture of some sort. I hope to find out later this week when I have the tire unmounted from the rim.
I also have to relate a sort of embarrassing part to today's flat.
We were on our way home from the Wisconsin Dells on I-90 eastbound when we heard a loud piercing alarm sound. Looked at each other, looked all around. Checked cell phones, restarted onboard Nav PC before it finally hit us - Pressure Pro Tire Pressure Monitoring System! What an idot. Anyway, looked up at the visor mounted receiver and saw 95 PSI. Uh-oh. Too high for the truck and too low for the trailer. Sure enough - a trailer tire was on the way down. It was the off-door side rear axle tire. Saw a sign for a rest stop just past Portage, WI in about 2 miles. We maintained speed (about 60 MPH) while we monitored the pressure and watched for the exit. The pressure was slowly but steadily decreasing. By the time I pulled into the rest stop, it was about 83 PSI.
Pulled into the Truck/RV section and into a lane that used to be the RV dump lane. Worked out great. Nancy insisted I call ERS instead of doing it myself. Called Good Sam ERS, ate lunch, walked the dogs, rested in the trailer and in about 80 minutes, the repair truck arrived and got the spare on in about 10 minutes.
Learnings for me:
- I can change a tire a lot faster than waiting for a service to show up
- Pressure Pro works!
- Tire punctures can occur in the oddest of places (see image)
- RVing is not cheap - but it's a whole lot of fun!
Attached is a close-up image of the puncture. The puncture (or wound of unknown origin) is at the point where the tread area rolls off and becomes the sidewall. It looks like a knife puncture with a bit of rubber coming out of it. This occurred about 30 miles into our trip home. If I didn't pick anything up on the highway, I may have picked up a chunk of metal in the CG, then shucked it when the wheel was in highway speed rotation. One theory anyway.