Sunday…. Learn as you live

 

SO for now:

I read that some wise person was recorded as saying:

A MISTAKE is not a REAL MISTAKE if you learn from it.  You should consider it a teaching incident.

I never make mistakes, forget or just do wrong. HA HA! I consider all or that just living and learning. Lately I am LEARNING A LOT. ;-)         :-o

There are times that an education is costly. Tires are very important on an RV.  One rule is never use your tires past 5 yrs old, no matter the tread (VERY FEW RV TIRES ARE WORN OUT!).  That one is very hard for me to follow, and we have had a few ‘blow-outs’.

My first learning experience was when I was having brake work done on our first big coach.  The mechanic said, “Sir, you should check the date on your tires his one is 7 years old. He DID NOT SELL TIRES either.”

I should have listened.  WE had a blowout within 100 miles. OUCH. I was also told I should always buy good name brand tires, they really last longer.

I once ordered a new set of tires on the net. FEDEX delivered them. That was a big load and the tires looked good, and they were half price of ‘Goodyear’.  Big mistake. We lost two of those tires to Blowouts within 500 miles of usage.  That was a very expensive learning experience. OUCH!

The average big coach has 6 some 8 tires. The average ‘good’ tire is now over $700 so you can see that is one big expense in living in one of these things. WE do use a road service called ‘Good Sams’.  They will come out and change the tire, but you must buy the tire.  Very few RV’s carry a spare.  WE just buy the tire, sometimes used, if a good one is available.

But after living nearly 30 years, mostly in an RV, my education has been good, but at times very expensive.  RV’ing is not a cheap lifestyle, but cheaper than buying a $500,000 home you don’t need. LOL Taxes alone will equal any number of tires and expenses of the RV.

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Nite Shipslog

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