i agree w/ everyone's opinion and good ideas on this subject, and thank you all. i must admit to being a terrible salesman.
Scottiemom wrote:
OTOH, what does your wife want? Does she want more hitching to do with the R-Pod? I would prefer to keep the B+ over a trailer myself.
Dale
this is what i think we're finally settling down with...keeping the MH.
2 months ago, my nerves and self-confidence took an existential hit when en route to a nearby SP, and only 20 mi from home on the interstate, doing a bit over 50 mph, the passenger side inner dually blew and completely detreaded itself. with smoke from tire and growing smell of propane, we limped a mile on shoulder to an exit and pulled into parking lot of a small medical center. the propane alarm went off and martha leashed and came out w/ 3 dogs (calmer head than me, i would've just opened the door and let 'em out). we turned off the propane and after a bit, the alarm stopped. the wheels are surrounded with propane tank, copper/iron pipe, and furnace and its 4" ducts. all 3 duct tubes were wrapped around thewheel, plastic wheel liner got cracked, and copper tubes to furnace and fridge got crushed where they were connected to a 6" length of 1/2"iron pipe that was sheared off at its threaded connection to an iron T joint.
i did not trust my spare, and the other 3 inflated dually tires were defective, so after safeco failed in getting the right assistance, we just paid for the tire dealer to send a guy w/ 2new tires. 6 hrs later, and after a flashers-on 45 mph limp, we were home.
the night before, i felt the treads and knew something wasn't normal. the surface was not smooth, and the tread bands were no uniformly spaced. but because this was happening to all 4 rear wheels, i thought maybe it was just how the rig sat. i didn't sleep well and brought phone numbers and told martha to drive slow. so she and the dogs were far more surprised than i when the loud blowout hit.
i was really shook up by all this, and the flight from MH reflex kicked in bigtime.
