Rig destroyed today!
Ginnie and I have been on the road since mid June. This morning I developed a sudden fuel leak in my 2013 F350. It ignited before I could get stopped. Ginnie, our doggie and I bailed out of the truc...
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Ginnie and I made it safely home to Tucson this afternoon. We are so relieved to have a home base to return to. I'm not sure what we'd have done if we'd been full timing. I guess we'd be in a hotel room or friend/relative's house.
As promised, here are some more pictures:
This is one of the first pics I snapped once I realized the rig couldn't be saved. It is right after the conflagration spread from the truck to the FW.
The fire crew attacked the FW first to try and save what they could. Then they worked on snuffing out the remaining flames on the truck. We were able to retrieve many items from the back of the FW and the basement. All my tools were intact which made me quite happy. Most of our dishes were in good shape, but just need to have the soot cleaned off of them.
The remains of the engine 24 hours later.
The hulk of the FW in the salvage yard
What's left of a Honda 3000 generator
The "throne" was destroyed. Feel free to steal this image to kid your friends about their bad chili night.
We're doing much better tonight and we know we'll get through this ordeal. Thanks much for the kind words and prayers.
Jim and Ginnie
As promised, here are some more pictures:
This is one of the first pics I snapped once I realized the rig couldn't be saved. It is right after the conflagration spread from the truck to the FW.
The fire crew attacked the FW first to try and save what they could. Then they worked on snuffing out the remaining flames on the truck. We were able to retrieve many items from the back of the FW and the basement. All my tools were intact which made me quite happy. Most of our dishes were in good shape, but just need to have the soot cleaned off of them.
The remains of the engine 24 hours later.
The hulk of the FW in the salvage yard
What's left of a Honda 3000 generator
The "throne" was destroyed. Feel free to steal this image to kid your friends about their bad chili night.
We're doing much better tonight and we know we'll get through this ordeal. Thanks much for the kind words and prayers.
Jim and Ginnie
