It was up early this morning, empty the holding tanks and hook up the van and on the road by 8:15 am. Thru the town of Hardy and west on the 4 lane, as they call it. Down through the foothills of the Ozark mountains and around Little Rock on the new bypass, I440.
As we were coming along, the Pressure Pro kept going off indicating a problem with the left front tire on the van. It was indicating 35psi, which is about right, but then it started dropping in pressure, which is not good.
It was about time to change drivers and get fuel, so the next interchange indicated a Murphy station, (Walmart) so we pulled in and around back to the tire shop and told them our problem. We unhooked the van and went to the filling station and filled up for $3.19/gal. Back to the tire department where they found a razor blade in the tread. He said it was pretty deep and he did not want to chance a repair. We buy all of the van tires at Walmart and get their road hazard warranty on them, so they put on a new tire and charged us for the road hazard warranty $10.00, on the new tire, and sent us on our way. Not a bad deal at all.
The Pressure Pro paid for its self as the tire would probably have shredded and caused damage to the van and maybe the wheel. Besides we would have been stranded on the side of the road while Good Sam Road Service came to put on the spare which is under the back seat requiring the unloading of the back of the van to extract. Not a good option at all.
It is interesting to see how much the pressure goes up in a tire as it heats up to normal operating temperature. the big ones on the motor home will increase 8 to 12 psi and the van 6 to 8 psi. That is why you always check your tires when they are cold and never let air out of them.
We are at the Daisy State Park in Daisy, AR and will be heading west on US 70 to Ardmore, OK tomorrow for the hamfest Friday afternoon and Saturday.
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