November 16, 2023
Today, the tech came over around noon to work on the brakes.
Bruce and the tech have been working together to get the brakes working.
They took off the tire to get to the brakes to be able to work on them.
Bruce crawled under the RV to get the spare tire and discovered it wasn’t a Goodyear. It was a tire that doesn’t have a good reputation.
While the tech was doing some additional work, Bruce got online and did some research to find a tire place. He then called the tire shop to make sure they had it in stock. He wants to get the tire replaced before we leave. It is going to cost $540!
Right now, Bruce and the tech are bleeding the brake lines.
Blackberry Homestead 
WOW! That is an expensive tire. Good luck and safe travels once you hit the road again. 🙂
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It is an unusual size tire; it is larger than anything that goes on a car.
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That makes sense. 🙂
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Bleeding brake lines and hemorrhaging money!
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It could’ve been way worse! I am so glad Bruce caught it when he did and everyone was so helpful.
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Do you all routinely inspect things like brakes and tires and such? How often do you check them?
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Bruce checks them before every move from a campground. We also have a TPMS system that lets us know tire pressures and temperatures inside the tires when we are traveling.
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Temperatures too? Wow. 😊
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If the tire is starting to overheat then you need to pull over since it could blowout. Tires are made at 190 degrees F and if they get to 180 degrees F, the tire is getting ready to come apart, which leads to a blowout. Blowouts can cause a lot of expensive repairs on an RV. They can destroy the underside of a slide or side if the tread blows upward.
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