Just call me "Mr Lucky"
This past week we went camping with some out of state friends and all the family at a local campground. I took a few days off of work and was able to get a site on a short notice. We headed out. It was the first time I pulled our rv with the new truck. It was about an hour and a half drive. We got about 12 miles from the campground a a little old lady passed me when I was turning onto another highway. ( i am not making this up) Beeping her horn and pointing to the back of my rv. i finished the turn and stopped the truck. I went back to the trailer and all four tires were smoking and extremely hot! I looked under the trailer and noticed flames from the drivers wheel well. I panicked. I grabbed a case of bottled water and was using it to put out the fire and just to cool everything down. I had just passed the center line of the highway so I was under the camper and my legs was hanging over the center line. ( not smart) A sheriff deputy stopped and helped also called the fire department. The fire was out just wanted to make sure nothing else present with thermal imaging gun. The wheel liner had melted and was against my tire. Big crowd…. Got the trailer jacked up and removed the tire. About 10 of our family and friends showed up at the site to kinda assist. I drove to the campsite with 3 tires. Parked it, set up the camper, dug it the cooler and got a cold one. Next day cut the wheel liner out, put the tire on. Looks like the electric over hydraulic brakes on the camper did not like my factory truck brake controller. Just got done talking to the adjuster. Looks like everything is covered. Good thing, as it basically wasted wheels, tires, calipers, rotors. (allot of parts) Just another day in my life!
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