Rig destroyed today!

[TucsonJim]

Ginnie and I have been on the road since mid June. This morning I developed a sudden fuel leak in my 2013 F350. It ignited before I could get stopped. Ginnie, our doggie and I bailed out of the truck and the cab was quickly engulfed in flames.

The fire spread to our 2014 Grand Design Reflection fifth wheel. The truck, FW, and all of our personal possessions were destroyed. We were able to buy some clothes tonight and we'll drive the 1800 miles to home in a rental car. When I get home, I'll post some pictures.

Tucson Jim

[TucsonJim]

FirefighterCamper wrote:
Sorry to hear about your loss. Glad to hear you guys got out ok.
I know you have made contact with your insurance company, you may also want to check to see if there have been any issues like this with other trucks of the same model. Make sure a good insurance investigation is done, this will help your insurance company possibly recover cost from a know or previously reported issue with the rig.

Good luck and hope to see you guys back on the road very soon.

PS I would be in trouble if I did not also add, make sure you have "Fire Extinguishers" close by, and you have been trained on how to use them. You need a big one for the truck and one for the camper.

Be safe:::::::)

We filed reports about the fire with the NHTSA and Ford. The insurance company will not pay for an investigation because they realize there was not enough left to find the root cause of the fire. I don't blame them on that.

As for fire extinguishers, I have already taken care of that. Two 5 pound dry chemical ABC extinguishers will be in the trailer, and one in the truck.

As for getting on the road again - The new trailer will be delivered in about two weeks!



Jim

[FirefighterCamp]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Glad to hear you guys got out ok.
I know you have made contact with your insurance company, you may also want to check to see if there have been any issues like this with other trucks of the same model. Make sure a good insurance investigation is done, this will help your insurance company possibly recover cost from a know or previously reported issue with the rig.

Good luck and hope to see you guys back on the road very soon.

PS I would be in trouble if I did not also add, make sure you have "Fire Extinguishers" close by, and you have been trained on how to use them. You need a big one for the truck and one for the camper.

Be safe:::::::)

[whatnext]

Glad everyone made it out without getting hurt!

[blofgren]

TucsonJim wrote:
We received the insurance checks today from MetLife for the truck and the trailer. They were a wonderful company to work with.

Excellent! I'm very happy to hear that this story has a happy ending! You deserve it after going through this terrible incident.

[Cummins12V98]

larry barnhart wrote:
I have been on the light side of the show but now It might be closer to seeing the light. Doc told my mother if you see the light go to it.

chevman

Words of wisdom from our Elder Statesman!!!

[NC_Hauler]

TucsonJim wrote:
We received the insurance checks today from MetLife for the truck and the trailer. They were a wonderful company to work with.

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Great to hear Jim, I looked at that as, "one less thing to worry about". At least, though I wished it had never happened to either of us, or anyone for that matter, that our insurance companies came through for us, so we KNOW much more about them now. We made the right choice

Hope all goes well for you and your family here on it!

Jim

[bucky]

Please forward:)

[TucsonJim]

We received the insurance checks today from MetLife for the truck and the trailer. They were a wonderful company to work with.

[Texas_Two_Stepp]

Wow, so sorry. At least everyone and pets are safe. Good luck.

[larry_barnhart]

I have been on the light side of the show but now It might be closer to seeing the light. Doc told my mother if you see the light go to it.

chevman

[FishOnOne]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
There is always light at the end of the tunnel! NC and Jim's families are a perfect example. Very happy that you both are on the light side of life now.!

Well said.... At 49 I still have a ways to make it to the light side.

[Cummins12V98]

There is always light at the end of the tunnel! NC and Jim's families are a perfect example. Very happy that you both are on the light side of life now.!

[NC_Hauler]

FishOnOne wrote:
Sorry to hear about the fire and I'm glad no one was hurt. Anyways this is a primary example what insurance is for.

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Agree..

[FishOnOne]

Sorry to hear about the fire and I'm glad no one was hurt. Anyways this is a primary example what insurance is for.

[NC_Hauler]

We saw the aftermath, 24 people drowned in the WV flooding... Couldn't get to our camper in time, was cut off by high waters, flooding roads all around. Was not literally "in it",like you all were... Can't relate to that and hope it becomes a distant memory to you. It was losing everything we had in and around, our soon to be fulltimers unit. Lost somethings that can never be replaced, pictures of family throughout our life, etc... Can't image what you went through and am thankful no one was hurt. It's still scary to us, we keep a vigilant eye on conditions of the river here.

I was relating more to the loss of everything.. Wasn't much we could do... Still recovering from the stroke I had last August and last of this June, early July, it became a bit overwhelming to my wife and I, ( she had just had hip replacement surgery).

I hope all goes well for you and yours here on out and y'all can work through the scary parts of it.

Take care buddy,
Jim