Our second flat in twenty years. Our first flat (twenty years ago) was simple we were on the interstate in Utah heading back to Wyoming. Temp's were over 100 degrees and a tire blew, so I started coasting and pulled over quickly. We had AAA RV plus back than and called with our bag cell phone. In less then two hours we were back on the road.
This summer we had our second RV flat about fifteen miles west of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Again we coasted to a stop on the side of the road. We called our insurance company (with our flip phone) and they sent out road service, they changed the tire in less than two hours. While waiting we also saw that at least two of our basement compartments had heavy damage from the tire exploding. With the tire changed our rig looked safe to drive so we went back to Cheyenne Wyoming. That night we also got a new spare and stayed the night.
The next day we again headed west with the idea we would have the compartments repaired once we got back to our home area. However, about twelve miles west of Cheyenne we noticed smoke coming from the damaged area and pulled over. In twelve miles the end piece of our muffler had fallen off, it must of came lose from the tire blowing. With the end piece of the muffler off the heat from the exhaust had melted more of the compartments and part of our black water holding tank. This time we needed a tow back to Cheyenne (Good Sam Road Service). Oh what fun!!!
Here you can see some of the melting from the muffler all the way to the outer panel of the basement. We have the spare on with a new tire on the spare drop down cable under the home further back. It was OK. Our road service was again great and has now paid for its self plus some. That is it for this post more to follow in another week.
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