Newell Gurus

As I type this I am sitting on the side of the road 10 miles east of Okc.. 

Picked coach up from Newell at 1030 this morn backed op to trailer and all of the sudden no power steering and the smell of hydraulic fluid.. Turn coach off notice approximately 5 gallons on the ground. How do I know 5 gallons ? Cuz reservoir in back was dry.. Newell sends someone out fixes blown hose right by fitting and splices in new 10 inch section.. By this time it's 4 we have some food head out to Okc.. 11 miles east of Okc hear boom and see lots of sparks.. Rear wheel passenger side of trailer blown.

No problem I have stacker. I get spare out , get jack ,turn on air compressor. Hook up  air hose grab Impact gun grab sockets.. Don't have socket big enough for lug nuts and the trailer lugs are larger than the Mercedes lugs I have in stacker..[amoff][/amoff] I have with me.. 

Return to coach call blue sky roadside assistance. Post how 90 % preparedness don't mean squat if u can't get the lugnuts off

marc, you have all the fun.....

tom

WOW....that's all I can say....

I know how you feel Marc. I let myself get talked into running trailer tires on all our trailers to save some money. After several blow outs and changing tires on the side of the road I have gone back to running load range E truck tires on our trailers (they are for the most part 20' goose necks). My advice is to always run good tires on trailers and balance them, because they will be going as fast as the vehicle pulling them. One tends to make sure the coach has good tires for safety reasons but often forgets about the toad or trailer tire quality.

Marc,

Clint is making a good point. You might want to weigh the stacker, after all the emergency preparedness stuff starts to add up, and check the load range tables for the tires you have.