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Jan 12, 2025

This Roadtrip Has Come To An Abrupt End

Abrupt End To Our Roadtrip  

<span;>We were cruising nicely along Highway 99, just coming up to Bakersfield, CA when all of a sudden, a strange sound started coming from the engine. My best guess at this time is a failed roller cam follower. In the morning, I will remove the valve covers, which will let me see many of the possible engine components that could have failed.</span;>
<span;>So far, it has been an interesting night. Druggies observed with lighter, cooking meth or heroin, about to further destroy their lives. People lighting big fireworks making many loud booms. The final group were the street racers. Burnouts, loud stereos, revving their engines high enough to hear their revlimiters kick in. Some engines sounded really nice and well tuned. All is quite now.</span;>

  • UPDATE 2 WITH CORRECTION ON CAMPING WORLD

    UPDATE on Camping World price confusion.
    I was asking her about base plates for the truck and the parts lady quoted me for an entire flat tow system installed. We are working on just the parts I need for my setup and I install everything. So that brings the cost to around 3500.00 all said and done. A bit more reasonable. Aparently our good sams membership, doesn't really get us 10% off on purchases. It gets us the advertised sales not available to non members. We also get points on purchases good on next purchases. Better than nothing. I just wanted to make that correction.

  • UPDATE:

    Not getting a lot of love from campung world who wanted 5000.00 to install a baseplate for flat towing.  Something E-Trailer sells for 350.00 and can be bolted in in an hours time. No rental companies have seem to have a truck I can use. Uhaul only has half ton trucks. If I can setup a towbar on this truck, Enterprise has a Freightliner contractor utility truck that can do the tow. 

    I'll post more when I know.