Where is your Berkshire at today

[JTN8]

Originally Posted by gasman94

Let me know what you think about moose hillock. Enjoy the great times with your family. For us, that's what RV'ing is all about.


Rich

Will do and Thanks!! I'll definitely post about the campground and it's amenities.

Jason


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2014 Berkshire 390BH
2011 cadillac SRX

[Jetjdm79]

We are at Camp HATTERAS in the Outer Banks. Been raining since Friday but looks like clearing for the week.?.?


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[CAT-RN]

Sault Ste Marie, Mi. watching the freighters go thru the Soo Locks. Staying at the city park right on the river.

Russell

[marialee]

Ours is at Thousand Trails, Indian Lakes, Indiana. Beautiful here! BTW there is another Berk parked next to us. Must go and say hi when I see them.


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[mjracsj]

After 4 days of dry camping at a relative's house (due to a fried transfer switch that left us with no usable power) our Berk is parked for tonight in the parking lot of a Marriott Courtyard in Oneonta NY as we make our way home to VT. It is by far the most expensive night of "camping" we have had since we got the coach LOL but the family is all happy and in bed after a swim in the indoor pool and room service dinner.
Sorry -- the thread asked so I answered
No worries as we had a great 2+ week trip to Castaways RV resort in Ocean City, MD and our new transfer switch should be ready to be installed shortly after we get home and we will be back at it with our beloved Berkshire next time!

[lefaivre]

We are at Bridgeview RV park in Lethbridge Alberta, Canada.

Just my luck. .. The weather is smok'n hot but the kids sleep in until the cracks of 1. After having lunch the plan is to go to the pool. Just as we leave the RV a storm rolls in.

[jrlebaron]

We are in St Claire Mi. A TT campground the could use alot of help. Hope it is improved this time next year. Jim

[CAT-RN]

Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. Ft William Historical Park Campground

[dan-nickie]

Seems that a bunch of us are in Michigan. We are at Petoskey.

[Southern Roamer]

Just got back from a 5 week, 3300 mile trip to Kentucky (did the Bourbon Trail & Mammoth Cave), the FROG rally in Goshen, 11 days in northwest Michigan at Petoskey KOA (did Mackinac Island, Charlevoix, Traverse City and lots of light houses...great weather whole time), did US Air Force Museum in Dayton (fantastic museum if you love war planes), 3 nights at Thousand Trails Forest Lake park in Advance, NC, and then on home to sweltering Orlando. Great trip until blow out of left front tire on I-85 40 miles east of Atlanta. Sat on roadside 5.5 hrs before getting underway after $670 new tire. Much surface damage to left front side wall areas. Waiting for insurance go ahead for repairs at Lazy Days. Altogether an exciting trip!!!!!


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[mjracsj]

Wow. A front tire blowout is my biggest fear. How fast were you going at the time and what was it like to wrestle control of it and get it to the side of the road safely?

[Southern Roamer]

I was on cruise control at 65mph on smooth, straight road. Initially it was not hard to hold the wheel. I remembered to not apply brake but rather press the accelerator and let the coach slow down gradually. It was a side wall blowout on the outside of the tire. As the tire continued to disintegrate and the coach slowed it got harder to steer. Eventually all the outside rubber was gone and the wheel rim was digging into the pavement. It was very hard to hold then but not impossible. Towards the end I was a couple feet across the center line before it slowed down enough to move off to the shoulder. Fortunately no one was near me.
It was not as scary as I had imagined it might be. BTY I did not have a steering safety device but am considering getting one now


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[mjracsj]

Good info to know so thanks for sharing. Glad everyone was ok and hope your repairs go smoothly!

[NO3putt]

Romer, did you have road side assistance? If so from whom and any problems?

Thanks
Skip

[CAT-RN]

Romer. Glad you are ok. Next question. What brand of tire & how many miles on it?

Thanks. Russell

[Phil57]

Also what size tire. Have you had the MH weighed? So very happy to hear that everyone is ok and that you handled it so well. Great job.


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[Southern Roamer]

NO3put
I have Coach-Net and they responded quickly and followed up to check whether the repair vehicle had arrived. It took over 2 hours for the Goodyear Service truck to arrive even though I was only 40 miles from their store. Then the mechanic couldn't get the new tire to seal and hold air so he could inflate it. Had to take the tire and wheel 27 miles away to a place where could mount the tire. That took another 2 hours.
Good news was that local police were very helpful in traffic control of the steady stream if semis headed to Atlanta.


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[tmmar]

Roamer,
So it sounds like you have Goodyear tires on your coach. Sorry to hear that because I have Goodyears also but happy to hear that you could maneuver your coach easily even with the blow out. Also happy to hear that everyone was ok.

[Southern Roamer]

It was a Michelin 255/80R22.5 G with 21000 miles. I had checked the tire pressure the night before and it was at the normal level of 105 psi. I have had the coach weighed front and rear and know I am at, but not over, max capacity. I have never had the individual wheels weighed. I keep covers on the tires whenever I am parked for more than a couple days. If this was my oldest tire it was made in 2011, but it could have been one of the 2012 tires. Not sure.
Randy at FR says I am the first one to have a blow out on the Berkshire. The road service guy did not have Michelins so he put a Goodyear tire on that was made in 2007. Not happy about that and will either replace it or put it on inside rear.


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[Phil57]

Just for grins what is your Steer axel weigh?


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