October 9, 2022
Travel day. We left our campground in Idaho and headed south toward Utah. We had a reservation for one night at Willard Bay State Park. Along the way on I-15 we had a tire come apart. We checked the tire inflation before we left South Dakota. The tires had about 3,500 miles on them. They are only 2 years old. We use a TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System). And still the tread separated from the belt. As soon as we heard the tire blow, I let off the accelerator and slowly pulled to the side of the road. After a few seconds, the TPMS did go off. Unfortunately, we were right next to a guard rail. I limped along for about 200 yards to find a wider area to change the tire.
We have a spare, an air compressor, an air impact wrench, etc. We set out the emergency triangles. Then I remembered that we have a roadside service contract. I made the call and they called back in about 5 minutes and said they had a local contact that would be at our location within 60 minutes. The young lady on the phone was very polite and courteous and concerned about our safety. The company arrived. It was Solomon’s Service. While we waited, we had to take half the things out of our basement to get to the spare. We did so while waiting. We also removed a small piece of the fender skirt that was damaged. Then we got out our camp chairs and headed about 150 feet from the RV and set up “camp”. We had a beautiful view. The weather was awesome. Even grabbed a drink out of the fridge of the outdoor kitchen.
Solomon’s arrived on time. The gentleman was also very polite. In about 10 minutes he had the tire changed. He even stowed the flat in our kitchen. And helped pick up our triangles. Since this is Sunday we will have to wait until tomorrow to get a replacement. We arrived at our overnight stop. I could then research where we were going to get tires tomorrow.
