All the talk on GotEngines.com Blog about motor-homes and taking care of your motor-home properly was fun and good information for GotEngines.com customers. Well, my wife and I drove to Maryland. We left on Tuesday morning. We drive a 2000 GMC Safari van. I’m not a MH person…

Wow, there are a lot of motor-home travelers out there. I mean big fancy heavy homes on wheels. We were cruising along and passing motor homes and checking them out. It is not because I want one, it is a by product of my neighbor buying a bigger and fancier motor-home. It is all about the various facts of MH maintenance.

Ok, I did an post on checking the date code on how old your tires really are…We were about ready to pass a BIG motor-home and all of a sudden -POW, the left front tire blew or exploded on this gargantuan motor-home. It threw tire pieces and fiberglass fender parts all over the place. The lucky stars were with this motor-home owner, he managed to pull it off the road safely and stopped it.

This is a near miracle. When a front tire blows out on anything, especially a 6 to 10 ton flying brick or a motorcycle, it is usually time for a bad accident. Basically when that much weight comes down on one side of the front end, the vehicle can flip of become severely damaged, and so can the passengers. Suffice it to say, this person was lucky.

My message is clear, don’t take motor-home or maintenance to any vehicle lightly. Your life depends on it. This is a safety hazard and the consequences are harsh. However, if you blew up your engine from lack of maintenance, you may be angry and frustrated, but it would not be a safety hazard.

The other thing about a blown up engine is you can get it replaced fast and with a great product by using any one og the many options in engines that GotEngines.com offers. Which is a long list of rebuilt, used and new engines. The inventory has never been better than now.

Here is tid-bit of info that you can use as trivia. In the majority of cases the rear tire has the flat. What happens is that the front tire rolls over the nail or screw and stands it up for the rear tire to run over and get punctured. A rear flat is angering and inconvenient, but much less dangerous…

Enjoy this true story. Don’t take it any other way than what is being said. Read our GotEngines.com Blog for more motor-home and general car and motor-home safety and maintenance tips.