Checking tire pressure |
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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Topic: Checking tire pressure Posted: 24 Jun 2016 at 6:19pm |
I usually check tire pressures just before I go to make sure they're all up to snuff. Today I had a few minutes to spare and decided to check them a few days before we go. Good thing. Right tire has 18 psi. Turned out there was a screw in the tread. Now I have a couple of days to get it fixed before we go. If I had waited and checked it just before liftoff, I'd be quite unhappy.
Lesson learned: check tires far enough in advance to get them fixed if you need to. Same principle applies to every other damn thing that can break as well. |
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Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6
New: '15 Whitehawk 20MRB '14 Silverado V8 |
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2016 at 11:32pm |
Ha Ha Ha, Truth!
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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Posted: 26 Jun 2016 at 5:53pm |
Another corollary of Murphy's Law, no doubt.
If something can break, it will break just before you need to use it. |
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Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6
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WillThrill
Senior Member Joined: 04 Jul 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298 |
Posted: 26 Jun 2016 at 11:45pm |
It's not a bad idea either to have a small 12 volt air compressor in your vehicle along with a tire repair kit. These repair kits are very easy to use and permanently fix the tire. Air it up with your compressor, and you're good to go. I also keep a can of Slime (better than Fix-a-Flat IMHO) as a backup, and then there's always the spare tire.
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"Not all those who wander are lost." Tolkien
2014 Hood River 177 2005 GMC Envoy XL |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2016 at 9:40pm |
Like the transmission dipstick tube on my truck. Found it cracked off on Saturday after a test-tow when I went to check my fluids. Needed it on Sunday to return some rental stage lights, had to find someone else to do it. And will definitely need the truck starting on Friday.... Currently in the shop.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2016 at 9:41pm |
Don't forget a cheap pair of pliers along with the plug kit. Need something to pull the nail out.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2016 at 9:45pm |
And a roll of Gorilla tape for anything else that might break.
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Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6
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WillThrill
Senior Member Joined: 04 Jul 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2016 at 11:04pm |
Got the pliers and the Gorilla tape, along with a lot of other stuff too (i.e. Rescue tape, ratchet set, etc.)!
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"Not all those who wander are lost." Tolkien
2014 Hood River 177 2005 GMC Envoy XL |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 28 Jun 2016 at 9:16pm |
+1 love that stuff.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Trapper John
Newbie Joined: 26 May 2016 Location: St Helens OR Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2016 at 7:04pm |
I put a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) in place that gives me real time feedback of tire pressure and temperature, one wheel at a time, on both the trailer and tow vehicle. It has presets for both high and low conditions for both variables. Assuming that I do not have a heart attack in the event that it sounds off, I figure it will help prevent the one that I would most certainly have in the event of a blow-out.
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"Open the pod door, Hal!"
Trapper John in Oregon |
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