Switching motor homes.

Getting ready to switch motor homes and am dreading it. My wife has as much STUFF in the motor home as I would have in a ten room house. I'm getting too old for this nonsense! We traded at the FMCA Rally in January but just got the Tradewinds out of the shop, was there since November. It started out in a shop in San Louis Obispo and after two weeks there they decided they couldn't repair it. I checked with a repair shop in Stockton and he said he could fix it. After I showed him pictures of the damage the next day he said " I can't fix it". I talked to service manager at Delta trucking in French Camp and showed him pictures and he said " That's simple, I can fix it". I had it towed from San Louis to French Camp and two days later he decided he couldn't fix it. I had some repairs done that caused the fire and drove it to Geweke Auto and RV Collision Center in Lodi. They are GOOD, they fixed it. Took them awhile to locate parts but they did it. The repairs alone was more than I paid for my first house. Thank goodness for Progressive Insurance, I had to pay for part of towing charges and repair of cause of fire. Exhaust system separated, had turbo replaced and I'd say they didn't get the clamp tight enough and it pulled apart on smooth California interstate 5. Gonna keep the next motor home off interstate 5 between French Camp and Bakersfield.

By the way, next motor home will be a Newmar Canyon Star 3953,going back to Ford, loved the CAT and am going to miss the diesel sound and the Spartan ride of the Tradewinds but I hope it will be less expensive to maintain. You gotta either be rich or a fool to own a motor home and I ain't rich.:W