Tires and Stuff
We planned to head out Tuesday so Jim checked the MH tire pressure on Sunday while the tires were cold. We've been sitting here three weeks and one of the tires had lost 20 pounds. Uh-oh. So we called Good Sam Emergency Service and they sent over a guy to help.
He couldn't see anything wrong with the tire (inside rear) and Jim thought it might be the air extender used to measure and put air in the inside tire. So the guy, Scott, put the spare on along with a new extender. Getting the never used spare out from it's hiding place was a mighty task. Glad Scott was here to do it.
This morning Jim took the spare to Tirerama where they put it in the testing tank and it's fine. So the problem must have been the extender. But now we have the spare on and the tread is twice what the other tire is. AND the spare is not balanced. Damn.
So we invited Scott back to swap the tires out and put the spare away. He'll come tomorrow, charge us $90 and we'll be ready to head out with matching tires. We are close to buying a new set of tires and the discussion now is should we bother with a spare. I think we're leaning to just keeping the one we have.
Yesterday's adventure meant that we had to put in the slide and jack up the MH. A great opportunity to clean and vacuum. Jim is out shopping to stock up the larder and this afternoon we'll get a final checkout from Steve.
Now we plan to leave Wednesday and take a few red roads back to CA.