There was frost on the pumpkin this morning. Actually, the frost was on the cooler left outside the camper door. Our camper heater intermittently is not working. On Saturday evening we left the trailer heater on but it stopped working. At a rest stop on Sunday we found the trailer to be warm. The heater was working once again. Yet on Sunday evening it again did not work. Our concern is the freezing overnight temperatures could result in freezing issues with the trailer water system.
One of the best safety items with travel is a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). As we travel we know the temperature and pressure of each of our six tires (four on the truck and 2 on the trailer). If the pressure drops too quickly or goes above or below a predetermined pressure an alarm sounds. Last summer on the Alaskan Highway we developed a leak in a trailer tire. The alarm sounded and we stopped and working on the tire before it was flat. The TPMS helps our peace of mind. Well the TPMS is working for the four truck tires but not functioning for our trailer tires. We’ve been needing to get it working. Well today we flatted on the highway and by the time we were on the side of the road the tire completely shredded. Our goal of reaching Mississippi today was unattained as we are now camped about 35 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama.
Our trailer tires are an unusual size but we made a few calls and located a shop in Birmingham that has them. We have an appointment for 10 AM to have them installed. Our current tires have 31,000 miles so we are getting 3 new tires, the two on the trailer plus the spar
Seeing North America 