Winter TC Repair Project
I started a repair project on my TC about a week ago. This is the rear corner on the passenger side of the camper, and I’m fixing the damage from a water leak that existed when I bought the camper abo...
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Well it finally stopped snowing on Thursday, but not before setting a record for the most in 4-5 days. North Little Rock got a total of almost 19”. Little Rock and areas South and East got 22+ inches. Power never went out, but my main furnace igniter decided to quit working so I was having to light the burner manually, let it run a cycle, then shut it off for a few hours. My pellet stove has been working overtime. The burn rate got close to 70 lbs a day for a while.
The neighborhood roads still haven’t been plowed or sanded. I went and looked at all three roads into my area today, and there were vehicles at the bottom of each hill, unable to get up. I’ve been too busy making sure our pipes don’t freeze to work on the camper. None of mine froze thank goodness, but my neighbor had a pipe freeze and break, and I had to help him find his water meter box. He knew approximately where it was, but of course there was 8-10” of snow on the ground so it was hard to spot. Fortunately I had a few lengths of rebar to use, and we eventually found it.
Things are melting, but it’s going to take few days. Now I have to keep an eye on the roof and gutters as all that snow melts. There are a couple of valleys in my roof that are prone to developing ice dams at the bottom. The forecast still shows the temperature warming up over the next three days, with a high Tuesday of 59.
I’ll get back to working on the camper in a few days I expect. In the meantime, here’s some pictures of the fun we’ve been having.
This was Tuesday, after the first snow Monday night. One of the cats ran to the window all excited about something she saw. All I saw were tracks, so I checked our security camera.
A fox! Don’t get to see many of those.
Also after the first snow, and before I “ruined it” with the tractor. There’s a driveway under there somewhere.
Ruining it :C
Second snow coming down Wednesday. Snowed all day without a break.
I had a issue with the tractor while I was clearing the first snow. This little POS is called a “self-centering damper”. It makes the fwd and reverse pedals go back to the top after you press one of them down. It has something broken inside of it, and almost made me drive over the top of a retaining wall Tuesday when it stuck with the reverse pedal depressed. The brake wouldn’t stop it, and I had to shut the engine off. No chance of getting a part, so I figured I was through playing in the snow.
After sleeping on it (I get some of my best ideas when I’m asleep) I decided to take it off, and put a “Polish Fix” on the tractor to get it operational again. And yes, I’m Polish. This is how we fix things.
See the bungee cords?
:):)
The neighborhood roads still haven’t been plowed or sanded. I went and looked at all three roads into my area today, and there were vehicles at the bottom of each hill, unable to get up. I’ve been too busy making sure our pipes don’t freeze to work on the camper. None of mine froze thank goodness, but my neighbor had a pipe freeze and break, and I had to help him find his water meter box. He knew approximately where it was, but of course there was 8-10” of snow on the ground so it was hard to spot. Fortunately I had a few lengths of rebar to use, and we eventually found it.
Things are melting, but it’s going to take few days. Now I have to keep an eye on the roof and gutters as all that snow melts. There are a couple of valleys in my roof that are prone to developing ice dams at the bottom. The forecast still shows the temperature warming up over the next three days, with a high Tuesday of 59.
I’ll get back to working on the camper in a few days I expect. In the meantime, here’s some pictures of the fun we’ve been having.
This was Tuesday, after the first snow Monday night. One of the cats ran to the window all excited about something she saw. All I saw were tracks, so I checked our security camera.
A fox! Don’t get to see many of those.
Also after the first snow, and before I “ruined it” with the tractor. There’s a driveway under there somewhere.
Ruining it :C
Second snow coming down Wednesday. Snowed all day without a break.
I had a issue with the tractor while I was clearing the first snow. This little POS is called a “self-centering damper”. It makes the fwd and reverse pedals go back to the top after you press one of them down. It has something broken inside of it, and almost made me drive over the top of a retaining wall Tuesday when it stuck with the reverse pedal depressed. The brake wouldn’t stop it, and I had to shut the engine off. No chance of getting a part, so I figured I was through playing in the snow.
After sleeping on it (I get some of my best ideas when I’m asleep) I decided to take it off, and put a “Polish Fix” on the tractor to get it operational again. And yes, I’m Polish. This is how we fix things.
See the bungee cords?
:):)
