Monday, June 25, 2018

A Bang Up Day

Raton, New Mexico
Raton KOA

Six miles is as far as we went today.  So much happened in that six miles and not all of it was good.  

Yesterday Bill and I decided to drive down to the entrance to visit the NRA museum.  When we entered the truck I heard the tire monitors going off.  I checked the monitor and it said the drivers side rear trailer tire was underinflated.  Bill checked the tire and found that it was at 75 psi.  Of course this was yesterday, Sunday.  We went into town and fueled up the truck.

Now we are telling ourselves that it was good that we left he monitor on and it went off and we had the entire day to decide what to do.  The elevation here is 7,100 feet and I don't mind telling you we are struggling with it.  

I looked for our road service card and the only one I could find was expired. I finally called and found out that I had renewed but I have no idea what I did with the card.  All I need was the number from the expired card.  We didn't want the tire changed until we're ready to leave so I called about 8 am today.  The tech arrived less than 30 minutes later and changed the tire.  We decided we wanted to buy new tires so we followed the tech back to the shop.  





All they had in this town was two tires in our size.  Not what we wanted, but it would do in a pinch.  Bill pulled the rig into the parking lot and I went inside to see where they wanted it.  Of course, Monday, is the busiest day of the week.  The owner said just leave it there until they had a bay open.  


The place was packed.  The owner came over to get the keys and said he'd put the fiver in the shop.  The garages were on the side of the building.  He came in and said he nicked it getting into the garage but he would pay for the repairs.  We went outside to see the nick.  At first we couldn't figure out what he hit as there was a piece of a broken taillight caught in the side.  It seems when he went past the vehicles parked in the front, he didn't go wide enough and caught the back end of a 4x4 Ford truck.

He said he was sorry and they'd fix the basement so we could get the door open and closed.  




We were parked back by the house in front of the semi trailer.  The white truck is the one he hit.




This picture shows the back of the white truck he hit and where the coach needed to be backed into.  




Lewis lent us a car and we went to get some lunch.   Bill and I sat there discussing whether we'd just turn around and go back to Casa Grande or keep going.  It didn't help that the lunch was pretty bad.  Carlena and Harry assured us we didn't want to come back to Arizona now.   

When they changed the tire, look what was inside it.  I do believe I will return this to Discount Tire when we get back to Casa Grande.


It was 4:30 by the time we left the garage and decided it was too late to go to Colorado Springs today.  There was a KOA three blocks away and that's where we are tonight.

We've driven this fifth wheel 90,000 miles and never put a ding on it.  

Glad to have this day behind us.

Turtle Safely........ 


11 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness. I'd be SO mad!! It doesn't look like just a scratch to me. So sorry all this happened. It's not the money, it's just having to deal with it all. Hope that's the end of it. Good things are coming your way!!!!

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    1. I tried getting out of bed from the other side this morning.

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  3. That is so frustrating to have that happen but at least no one was hurt like you very frustrating and us over 130 K miles in 12 years and 2 big scratches within 2 weeks. as long as it us still usable you can carry on.

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  4. My husband used to say, "The first scratch is the most painful." Sorry to hear about the dent, but on a happy note, your record is still untarnished since you weren't driving. Once it's fixed it's not a ding on your driving history. LOL

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  5. WOW I hate dealing with service and repairs on the road. Sure hope the tire guys makes it all good.

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  6. Oh no!!!!! That was a bad day!! I am so sorry all this happened to you all!! The guy obviously meant no harm and will fix the scratches but it’s an inconvenience to you all. Well at least nobody was hurt.
    I can’t believe you found those needle nose pliers inside your tire!!! Wow!! I think I would call and send them back there too!!
    You guys stay safe!!

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