Good,Luck, Good Joss, Good Zen we Lucked Out Again!
For the past several days we've be packing and toting, checking lists and testing gear. Getting ready for the opening event of our TC season.
Yesterday with our granddaughter Cassie, new puppy Luna, and TC buldging with every imaginable gadget and gear, we cranked up the diesel,after his winters nap, and drove to the end of our driveway.
I applied the brakes, the pedal went to the floor. Our experienced truck guru said after all the years and miles of highway and over sand travel, salt and corrosion had done in the the brake lines;
A redo of the whole brake line system was suggested.
It has been raining cats and dogs and elephants since. I have to remove the TC from the pickup,a job way beyond my pay grade in these conditions. We have a 5" + rainfall so far with more predicted. Our cellar is starting to get wet, I'll be manning the pump soon.
So luck, joss and zen have been with us. A brake line failure underway while heavily loaded, not a pleasant thought. Thunder claps as I write this. Although we'll miss our eighth Mid-Atlantic Truck Camper Rally, we are truly grateful that we've avoided a potential calamity.
We will miss all of our TC'ing friends and Laughing Fellow Rovers.
Love to all,
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Yesterday with our granddaughter Cassie, new puppy Luna, and TC buldging with every imaginable gadget and gear, we cranked up the diesel,after his winters nap, and drove to the end of our driveway.
I applied the brakes, the pedal went to the floor. Our experienced truck guru said after all the years and miles of highway and over sand travel, salt and corrosion had done in the the brake lines;
A redo of the whole brake line system was suggested.
It has been raining cats and dogs and elephants since. I have to remove the TC from the pickup,a job way beyond my pay grade in these conditions. We have a 5" + rainfall so far with more predicted. Our cellar is starting to get wet, I'll be manning the pump soon.
So luck, joss and zen have been with us. A brake line failure underway while heavily loaded, not a pleasant thought. Thunder claps as I write this. Although we'll miss our eighth Mid-Atlantic Truck Camper Rally, we are truly grateful that we've avoided a potential calamity.
We will miss all of our TC'ing friends and Laughing Fellow Rovers.
Love to all,
skip
