Tire Trouble
As we were starting for home on Friday afternoon, convoying because we'd collected the Astro from the latest round of air-conditioning repair (which is still holding as of Sunday, thank goodness), Lisa reported an issue with the Rolling Stone. She was driving the Astro and we communicated using our amateur radios. Lisa informed me that the right rear tire seemed to have a large bald spot on it. Had it been before closing time at Big O Tires (it was not), we would have gone there to see if they could replace the tire right away, but in this case, we just went home. I kept my speed down to 65 mph, but I generally do that anyway because the RV does not handle that well above that speed.
We forgot to check the tire when we got home, and on Saturday morning, I went to refuel it before gasoline prices go up again. While doing so, I checked the tire, and I was horrified at what I saw.
As you can see, there is significant tire damage here. Had we realized it was this bad at the time, we might have tried dropping the RV off at Big O to have them work on it the next day. As it was, I decided to limp home from the gas station, keeping my speed down on local roads rather than taking the faster route between Fernley's two freeway exits. I took this photo when I got home.
Our plan is to replace this tire with the spare, then take the ruined tire back to Big O in the Astro and have them replace it. (With gas prices increasing again, the 20 mpg Astro is a better vehicle for this than the 8 mpg RV.) It might even be covered by their warranty.
I'm just happy that the tire didn't suffer a catastrophic failure while we were on I-80 between Reno and Fernley.
We forgot to check the tire when we got home, and on Saturday morning, I went to refuel it before gasoline prices go up again. While doing so, I checked the tire, and I was horrified at what I saw.
As you can see, there is significant tire damage here. Had we realized it was this bad at the time, we might have tried dropping the RV off at Big O to have them work on it the next day. As it was, I decided to limp home from the gas station, keeping my speed down on local roads rather than taking the faster route between Fernley's two freeway exits. I took this photo when I got home.
Our plan is to replace this tire with the spare, then take the ruined tire back to Big O in the Astro and have them replace it. (With gas prices increasing again, the 20 mpg Astro is a better vehicle for this than the 8 mpg RV.) It might even be covered by their warranty.
I'm just happy that the tire didn't suffer a catastrophic failure while we were on I-80 between Reno and Fernley.