vacation went from almost deadly to lost to saved
I've been doing this rv thing for 3 years now.
1st year blew 4 tires because someone left a 3 sided hitch in the road. 2 on the drivers side, 1 on the passanger side rear and 1 on the trailer(2axles). Limped to the dealer(run flats, AAA will not tow camper even had premium. That was a $1000 plus but we did not flip over or crash plus we made it to the campground.
Lost the keys to the truck just before leaving the house for another trip. Still cannot find them or the spare. Called the local dealer and had 2 keys made= $18 Vacation saved. Not so bad the wife nagged me a for a while. Got to the campsite had to turn the rig round because of the way the site was. The wife blew her top because I did not listen to her while back up in/turning around. Well hard to hear her while she's directly behind the camper(never have spouse help back up someone said on here). I told her if i cannot see you in the mirrors it does not help. Camper next to us was on his picnic bench snickering. I sent her to get pizza and calm down, mean while the kid is screaming just adding fuel to the fire. She leave the guy next door comes over hand me a beer he tells me to sit down take a break and he'll help. 40min later site completely set up she arrive all is blissful. deep sy of relief.
This weekend everything is going well headup to eastern slopes CG in by conway/Glen, NH via rt16=very hilly(whitemountains). Approx. 15miles from CG we hear a high pitch winding noise, while on a 7% down hill. Umm steering feels like there's no power, let me tap the breaks, right to the floor= HOLY CRAP. pray pray pray. trailer breaks yes pulled off sweating shaking. Wife is now 8months pregnant 2yr with us. We are safe she asks what was going on, showed her the fluid on the ground. Called a CG they said call Camping World maybe they can tow camper to CG. Called CW in Conway, NH he gave me a local towing company MT Washington Valley Towing CO. They towed the camper to CG, took the truck fixed the truck in 2.5hr picked me up at CG. $500=vacation went fron deadly to lost to saved. It was a pump on the chevy silverado k3500 that controls both the breaks and steering= NO warning light. He said it was rusted out. I must be heart healthy no heart attack. We had a great weekend after that even though it rained the first day, then went to Storyland=awesome... We are all done for the year, she's ready to pop anytime.
1st year blew 4 tires because someone left a 3 sided hitch in the road. 2 on the drivers side, 1 on the passanger side rear and 1 on the trailer(2axles). Limped to the dealer(run flats, AAA will not tow camper even had premium. That was a $1000 plus but we did not flip over or crash plus we made it to the campground.
Lost the keys to the truck just before leaving the house for another trip. Still cannot find them or the spare. Called the local dealer and had 2 keys made= $18 Vacation saved. Not so bad the wife nagged me a for a while. Got to the campsite had to turn the rig round because of the way the site was. The wife blew her top because I did not listen to her while back up in/turning around. Well hard to hear her while she's directly behind the camper(never have spouse help back up someone said on here). I told her if i cannot see you in the mirrors it does not help. Camper next to us was on his picnic bench snickering. I sent her to get pizza and calm down, mean while the kid is screaming just adding fuel to the fire. She leave the guy next door comes over hand me a beer he tells me to sit down take a break and he'll help. 40min later site completely set up she arrive all is blissful. deep sy of relief.
This weekend everything is going well headup to eastern slopes CG in by conway/Glen, NH via rt16=very hilly(whitemountains). Approx. 15miles from CG we hear a high pitch winding noise, while on a 7% down hill. Umm steering feels like there's no power, let me tap the breaks, right to the floor= HOLY CRAP. pray pray pray. trailer breaks yes pulled off sweating shaking. Wife is now 8months pregnant 2yr with us. We are safe she asks what was going on, showed her the fluid on the ground. Called a CG they said call Camping World maybe they can tow camper to CG. Called CW in Conway, NH he gave me a local towing company MT Washington Valley Towing CO. They towed the camper to CG, took the truck fixed the truck in 2.5hr picked me up at CG. $500=vacation went fron deadly to lost to saved. It was a pump on the chevy silverado k3500 that controls both the breaks and steering= NO warning light. He said it was rusted out. I must be heart healthy no heart attack. We had a great weekend after that even though it rained the first day, then went to Storyland=awesome... We are all done for the year, she's ready to pop anytime.
