Do most of you have a "spare tire" onboard?

[Boxster1971]

Originally Posted by avanti

Thanks for the summary. Does the towing coverage have unlimited mileage to a qualified repair center?

Here is link to Progressive RV Roadside coverage with text below.
https://www.progressive.com/rv/rv-in...ages-roadside/
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RV Roadside Assistance

Roadside Assistance provides towing to the nearest qualified repair facility and pays for necessary labor at the time and place of disablement when the RV is disabled due to any of the following:
- Mechanical or electrical breakdown
- Battery failure
- Insufficient supply of fuel, oil, water or other fluids
- Flat tire
- Lockout, or lost or stolen keys. (We dispatch a qualified service provider; you only pay for the cost of the keys.)
- Entrapment in snow, mud, water or sand within 100 feet of the roadway

This coverage extends to trailers and vehicles being towed by a motor home and vehicles towing travel trailers, even if the tow vehicle is insured with another insurance company.

If you use this coverage, you pay nothing out of pocket.

Roadside Assistance is available 24/7, anywhere in the United States or Canada.
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- - Mike
2012 Sprinter 3500 Extended converted B-Van by Airstream

[avanti]

Originally Posted by Boxster1971

Here is link to Progressive RV Roadside coverage with text below.
https://www.progressive.com/rv/rv-in...ages-roadside/
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RV Roadside Assistance

Roadside Assistance provides towing to the nearest qualified repair facility and pays for necessary labor at the time and place of disablement when the RV is disabled due to any of the following:
- Mechanical or electrical breakdown
- Battery failure
- Insufficient supply of fuel, oil, water or other fluids
- Flat tire
- Lockout, or lost or stolen keys. (We dispatch a qualified service provider; you only pay for the cost of the keys.)
- Entrapment in snow, mud, water or sand within 100 feet of the roadway

This coverage extends to trailers and vehicles being towed by a motor home and vehicles towing travel trailers, even if the tow vehicle is insured with another insurance company.

If you use this coverage, you pay nothing out of pocket.

Roadside Assistance is available 24/7, anywhere in the United States or Canada.
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- - Mike
2012 Sprinter 3500 Extended converted B-Van by Airstream

That looks pretty good. In fact, the wording is almost identical to Coach-Net. I wonder if maybe they are reselling Coach-Net. This is very common (e.g., "Good Sam" is really just a reseller of Allstate).

If I were a Progressive customer, I would do the same thing you did.

[Boxster1971]

Originally Posted by avanti

That looks pretty good. In fact, the wording is almost identical to Coach-Net. I wonder if maybe they are reselling Coach-Net. This is very common (e.g., "Good Sam" is really just a reseller of Allstate).

If I were a Progressive customer, I would do the same thing you did.

I agree it looked like a great deal. The cost is $18/year added as an option on existing $701/year Progressive policy.

Link below is a good article from Popular Mechanics about Roadside coverage. A company called Agero provides the coverage for USAA, Progressive and many others.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/car...ance-14582799/

The article as mentions that Allstate, Gieco and AAA deal directly with service providers. It doesn't mention CoachNet specifically.

Looking at CoachNet closer it does provide a few extra services I wont get from Progressive. Thing like this, that I don't really need.

• 24/7 RV Technical Assistance Hotline
• Nationwide Service Appointment Assistance
• $2000 Trip Interruption Reimbursement
• FREE Custom Trip Routing and Full Color Map Service

I used the Custom Trip Routing and Map sservice once a few years ago. They just sent me a PDF made by outdated Microsoft Streets & Trips software that I use myself.

[Boxster1971]

Just found the source of CoachNet coverage. It is from National Motor Club.

https://nmc.com/

Source is dated 2013 article here:
https://www.twinpeaksrvinsurance.com...%20assistance/

[Davydd]

Originally Posted by avanti

Since we are on the topic:
Several folks above have mentioned failed rubber valve stems. At least on Sprinters, this is a very common failure mode. If you put a tire pressure monitor sensor on the stem (a near necessity if you have duallies, BTW), the failure rate will rise to near certainty.
Metal stems are readily available, including those with integral extenders for rear dually wheels. These are an extremely good investment.

If I recall, M-B had a recall on valve stems in 2011 and replaced the rubber stems with steel lined stems with rubber surrounds. I would assume that would have been ongoing ever since. I had mine replaced at the time with my Great West Van.

My 2015 van has steel stems right to the rim and the inner duallies have accessible total steel stems with the TPMS.

[avanti]

Originally Posted by Davydd

My 2015 van has steel stems right to the rim and the inner duallies have accessible total steel stems with the TPMS.

I am pretty sure that the stems in your 2015 were an ARV upgrade. I know that my 2014 3500 came with rubber stems and no rear-inner access. I replaced them with steel after a failure.

[Roadtrek Adventuous RS1]

Originally Posted by Davydd

If I recall, M-B had a recall on valve stems in 2011 and replaced the rubber stems with steel lined stems with rubber surrounds. I would assume that would have been ongoing ever since. I had mine replaced at the time with my Great West Van.

My 2015 van has steel stems right to the rim and the inner duallies have accessible total steel stems with the TPMS.

Tires were looking good, BUT, six years old... replaced all of them with Michlin Defender LTE series and Truck System Technology tire pressure monitor system... and all metal valve stems...all 6 tires brand new + one brand new spare...
Cost was $2,000...

[Davydd]

Originally Posted by avanti

I am pretty sure that the stems in your 2015 were an ARV upgrade. I know that my 2014 3500 came with rubber stems and no rear-inner access. I replaced them with steel after a failure.

I didn't say M-B furnished the steel stems. The all steel stems, extenders and TPMS was standard for Advanced RV. What I said was I think Mercedes Benz furnished steel lined valve stems with rubber surrounds since the recall. If they went back to all rubber that was a decision then made between 2011 and 2014. Most people would assume they were all rubber because they didn't look much different. M-B didn't provide inner dually extenders.