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04-07-2018, 04:29 PM
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Location: North Central Florida
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Originally Posted by Larry-NC
If you get a 12v extension cord like this one you can use the compressor to fill up a slow-leaking tire and drive to the tire place. It's quicker and safer than changing the tire roadside.
Before you leave home, make sure the cord is long enough to reach all the tires on your rig.
Larry
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Thank you for the information , Larry!
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04-07-2018, 04:48 PM
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Location: West Michigan
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Originally Posted by TonyShope
Actually as a retired farm hand (Yes after I retired from the military I was adopted to help on family farm.)
If you use never seize (We call it chicken ***** as it looks the same) on the cables and mechanisms you wont have an issue even in winter. All my lugs are covered in such also and your torque ratio does not change nor loosen.
Give it a try.
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I use that Anti Seize all the time but for some reason never even thought about putting some there. I guess I just have been lucky and haven't had a flat tire in almost 30 years. I have helped numerous people change flats on the side of the road though.
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04-07-2018, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CampingGator
Thank you for the information , Larry!
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Yup, gen., comp. & extension cord are part of my safety net too
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04-07-2018, 06:00 PM
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Denver To Yuma In 90 Days
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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Originally Posted by Locky
I guess I just have been lucky and haven't had a flat tire in almost 30 years. I have helped numerous people change flats on the side of the road though.
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When I sold my 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 in 2014 it ha5 165,000 miles on it (original tranny and engine and the spare tire was the original and still had nubs all over it as it had never once been used.
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04-07-2018, 07:21 PM
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Location: North Central Florida
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Originally Posted by JohnD10
When I sold my 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 in 2014 it ha5 165,000 miles on it (original tranny and engine and the spare tire was the original and still had nubs all over it as it had never once been used.
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Our spare was the original and never used, but it dry rotted. We got four new tires and used the newest of the four for the spare.
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04-07-2018, 07:23 PM
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Location: North Central Florida
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Originally Posted by TandSH
Glad the weather worked out for your event.
We were in Crystal River last week on a break-in road trip with our new F-350 so we can tow our trailer on a multi-week trip starting this week. Went back to CR just to eat at Dan's Clam Stand! If you haven't eaten there I can highly recommend it for lunch or dinner.
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Thanks for the recommendation, TandSH! We ate dinner at Dan’s Clam Stand and enjoyed it very much. DH had the shrimp and I had the fried clams.
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04-07-2018, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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I carry a tire plug kit and air compressor, picked up a nail on a trip (factory tpms warning) and had the nail removed, tire plugged and filled in no time, plug kits are cheap at the parts store and easy to use, good for making it to the campground etc. Although if you have run a tire more than a football field length while it is completely flat, it is ruined and I don't advise plugging it.
disclosure, I am a retired auto tech
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04-08-2018, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Getting back to the original theme of this thread....
Pre-flight on the day before departure, everything checked out OK.
On the morning of departure woke to find a flat tyre on the Heritage Glen. Most likely caused by me disturbing the valve stem when I checked the tyre pressure the previous day. Removed the wheel, took it to the local tyre shop and had it checked. All OK.
Left for a slow 3 hour drive to an overnight spot about midway in the trip and once camped discovered a leak in our stainless steel fresh water tank had drained most of the water AND one slide out jammed shut. Drinking water was not a problem because we were on a powered site with water. We put up with the jammed slide-out and the next day moved on. Once camped at the destination park, I dropped the tank and tested it with some water, found the hole, at the weld point of one of the baffles. Took it to a local workshop and got the holes welded over. They found numerous spots where holes had either developed or were about to. The culprit was bore water (in the north of Australia, very high mineral content), and a grade of stainless that was susceptible to the mineral attack. A higher grade stainless would have not have been so vulnerable. The things you learn.
To the point of the thread.... getting the tank out was a heck of a struggle due to the tight tolerances of the fit and getting it back in was proving to be impossible for me on my own. This is a replacement for the poly tank that exploded due to wearing along one edge last year because of a badly made support structure.
New neighbour had just pulled in next to us and while setting up saw me struggling and offered to help. YES PLEASE. After pushing, squeezing and shoving for about 15 minutes on our backs under the 5'er we managed to squeeze the tank into position, a very tight fit (good engineering on the part of the guys who made and fitted the tank last year.
The next afternoon we had a very pleasant couple of hours, sipping bourbon and swapping stories. Great couple and will be friends for a long time. She is a budding photographer who not only liked my pictures, was eager to learn whatever I could teach her. Not only that, they live within 40 minutes of us. Nice things do happen, even to us, occasionally.
He couldn't help with the slide out, no experience with those. It is still jammed shut and now I am home I will be getting into it. Probably a jammed or broken screw on the actuator. Motor still working. Yet another job to do.
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04-08-2018, 08:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: SouthWest Michigan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locky
Luckily you live in Florida and your spare tire came loose. Here in Michigan if you buy your truck in the winter you have about a 2 hour window to use your spare before the cable latch system rusts up and will not work anymore lol.
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Maybe when our trucks are new we should spray the cable sys with White Lithium Grease ??? It is about 15 years to late for me !!!
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04-08-2018, 08:09 AM
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Location: Maurice, LA
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Actually, It seems to me that the best part of the experience was the ability to help and be helped by your neighboring campers.
As for the NOOB who is afraid of insects.................camping may not be for her after all!
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