Flat tire(s) this morning :-(

boybach

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After an unseasonably cold, windy and snow bound Xmas and New Years, (normals above 32°F usually 36°- 42°F, hardly ever snows) I finally got out to check on the coach today. It's sitting outside and apart from several flat tires (!) all was well. :) Onan fired right up, made a cup of coffee etc.

With the Arctic outflow, temperatures here reached 0°F with windchill. Very unusual, but can happen occasionally. Fortunately today things had warmed up, snow was mostly melted and temps were in the 45°F range. All six tires were low, but the three on the driver's side were almost totally flat. At first I attributed the loss of pressure to a set of valve extenders I fitted in early November, but I think it must have just been the cold - or perhaps a combination of the two?
I removed the extenders and re-inflated the tires, will check again in a few days to see what's what.

I took the coach out about a week prior to Xmas to fill the gas and propane tanks and the tire pressures seemed fine although I didn't put the gauge on them. Tires are just 9 months old btw.

Larry
 
It's -23C, -30C with windchill, here in Kingston this morning. Roxie's tires look a little low as well, plus she's a bit down in the rear so I'll have to break out the compressor later. I have to move her this week to get a 20' sea-container in the yard so she's not quite put away for winter yet. Had to move her last week to get some gravel for the container to sit on.

I'd suspect the valve extenders, I once put low pressure indicators on my wife's car's tire valves, I got a call at the end of the day as two tires were near flat and I had to go rescue her at work
 
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