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Old 07-14-2021, 07:52 AM   #1
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Greetings from Maine!

My husband Tom and I (Mercy) purchased our first RV a few days prior to leaving from San Antonio, Texas bound to Maine! We purchased the 16 BHS Black Label. Tom is a retired pilot and I am a RN who works 1 day a week, we have adult children, one 9 year old, and grandchildren. We are on this adventure making memories with our 9 year old and our 2 labradoodles. Happy to report we have made it to Maine, and didn’t experience any major issues, we will be here a few weeks before heading back home. We read about tire temperatures and psi, is this something we are suppose to be on top of, if so how do you take the temperature of a tire? We are looking forward to many more trips, any advice is always welcome!

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Welcome to the forum! We live in the Austin area ourselves and getting ready to head the opposite direction to California (the state of my birth) to go to a family reunion and then head north from there to spend time in the Sequoia NF and then a couple stops as we head back south along the coast. RV = freedom. Looking forward to hearing about more of your adventures!
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Greetings from Maine!

My husband Tom and I (Mercy) purchased our first RV a few days prior to leaving from San Antonio, Texas bound to Maine! We purchased the 16 BHS Black Label. Tom is a retired pilot and I am a RN who works 1 day a week, we have adult children, one 9 year old, and grandchildren. We are on this adventure making memories with our 9 year old and our 2 labradoodles. Happy to report we have made it to Maine, and didn’t experience any major issues, we will be here a few weeks before heading back home. We read about tire temperatures and psi, is this something we are suppose to be on top of, if so how do you take the temperature of a tire? We are looking forward to many more trips, any advice is always welcome!

Respectfully,

Tom and Mercy
Greetings, Mercy and Tom! Welcome to the iRV2 forums.

Temps for tires are best taken with an infrared "gun" thermometer. Take the pressure readings when tires are cold and do NOT downward-adjust (bleed off) air when they warm up during travel.
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Welcome to the form. You guys were flying through those states?
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Hi Tom & Mercy! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined us!

Congrats on the new rig! Let the adventure begin!

Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!
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Welcome to the forum. That was one amazing maiden voyage.

You are joining a good group of friends here with good information to share. Read the various threads here and ask questions as they come up or add information if you can.

Good luck and enjoy the adventure!
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Definitely need to be on top of tire pressures. If you haven’t weighed it fully loaded then I would inflate to max pressure listed on the tire sidewall to be on the safe side until you get it weighed. There are many threads on here about proper tire care and inflation. Its one of the most important things to monitor on your new rv for safety sake. Congratulations!
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Welcome to the forum! We live in the Austin area ourselves and getting ready to head the opposite direction to California (the state of my birth) to go to a family reunion and then head north from there to spend time in the Sequoia NF and then a couple stops as we head back south along the coast. RV = freedom. Looking forward to hearing about more of your adventures!
California is our next adventure, I have family in San Diego and Bay Area of SF. Thanks for your well wishes, have fun and stay safe!

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Definitely need to be on top of tire pressures. If you haven’t weighed it fully loaded then I would inflate to max pressure listed on the tire sidewall to be on the safe side until you get it weighed. There are many threads on here about proper tire care and inflation. Its one of the most important things to monitor on your new rv for safety sake. Congratulations!
Good morning Rob and Laura,

Thank you for all the tire information, we will be sure to get an infrared thermometer.

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Welcome to the forum. That was one amazing maiden voyage.

You are joining a good group of friends here with good information to share. Read the various threads here and ask questions as they come up or add information if you can.

Good luck and enjoy the adventure!
Definitely has been an adventure, after 52 years I finally was able to see Niagara Falls and it was amazing! Thank you for the well wishes, we are glad to be among a group of experienced adventure seekers!

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Greetings, Mercy and Tom! Welcome to the iRV2 forums.

Temps for tires are best taken with an infrared "gun" thermometer. Take the pressure readings when tires are cold and do NOT downward-adjust (bleed off) air when they warm up during travel.
Thank you for your tire guidance, we will now know on our way back. We plan on being in Maine until first week of August then we go back south where the roads are hot enough to fry an egg.

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Welcome to the form. You guys were flying through those states?
It seems as if we were flying but we actually slept in Houston, Mississippi, Alabama, Ohio, New York, and Maine. Tom’s mom has a house in Westerville, Ohio so we relaxed at the family home for a night. We also learned after awaking we should have not slept at a rest area in Maine but we arrived late and knew we wouldn’t be able to drive down to the cottage and park the RV properly so we stopped at the first rest area and slept, when we awakened we read the sign “no overnight stays”

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Hi Tom & Mercy! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined us!

Congrats on the new rig! Let the adventure begin!

Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!
Thank you, we are excited about our new adventures. We are thinking we may need a bigger one or we need to leave the dogs behind for our next planned trip.

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