Larryheadhunter
X-Rookies Still Luving it
Well folks, almost bought the big one the other day. On the 33rd day of our 51 day summer trip, 5 minutes after passing the Tillamook Cheese factory going south, heading for Newport,OR our spring leaf sets, shocks, U Bolts from the rear axle, and one of our new Goodyear G614 bit the dust. Thank God we were able to limp into the Les Schwab's in Tillamook, OR. The whole rig was resting on the driver side rear tire and smoking, almost causing a fire. The cops told us that we were lucky to be going so slow when this happened, or both driver side tires would have blown, causing a fire and most likely tipping us over if we were travelling on the highway. All these nice local folks started honking and warning us something huge had happened, as the frame was resting on the tires. Above the tires, on the bottom of the frame are huge rubber dents and marks.
We spent last night behind Schwab's without power, camping with slides in, and lanterns out, lol, drinking wine, eating brie and crackers and going to bed early. Today they hooked us up with an outlet so I can use my Bipap. They weren't too happy that I called the local police, and had someone come over to hook us up to an outlet, which the manager said they couldn't do because the outlets were inside next to the batteries and could cause a fire, but today's mgr allowed us the outlet after all.
The good news is that I spoke with Jim Fenner, Heartland Warranty Mgr, and he hooked me up with Lippert Warranty, and Mike over there requested pics, which Les Schwab's Tillamook crew sent him and today approved the whole repair bill including the burned out new tire. He sent the parts for both sides of the rear axles today by express mail, and hopefully this second night camping behind Les Schwab's will be our last night here. The only negative is I have to pay by credit card and send the receipts to Lippert for repayment.
So without the rig, today we went to Lincoln City, Depoe Bay and Newport for a day trip. In Newport, we had beers at the Rogue Nation Beer Brewery, and it was very tasty, sitting on the dock of the bay watching the boats in the harbor. At least we are still breathing. And this didn't happen because we were overweight either as we don't carry a generator, or heavy tools. Interesting that Lippert and Jim Beletti both told me these accidents usually occur on the kitchen side as its heavier.
Anyway, thats the story of the day. I can still hear and smell the cows mooing. LOL
We spent last night behind Schwab's without power, camping with slides in, and lanterns out, lol, drinking wine, eating brie and crackers and going to bed early. Today they hooked us up with an outlet so I can use my Bipap. They weren't too happy that I called the local police, and had someone come over to hook us up to an outlet, which the manager said they couldn't do because the outlets were inside next to the batteries and could cause a fire, but today's mgr allowed us the outlet after all.
The good news is that I spoke with Jim Fenner, Heartland Warranty Mgr, and he hooked me up with Lippert Warranty, and Mike over there requested pics, which Les Schwab's Tillamook crew sent him and today approved the whole repair bill including the burned out new tire. He sent the parts for both sides of the rear axles today by express mail, and hopefully this second night camping behind Les Schwab's will be our last night here. The only negative is I have to pay by credit card and send the receipts to Lippert for repayment.
So without the rig, today we went to Lincoln City, Depoe Bay and Newport for a day trip. In Newport, we had beers at the Rogue Nation Beer Brewery, and it was very tasty, sitting on the dock of the bay watching the boats in the harbor. At least we are still breathing. And this didn't happen because we were overweight either as we don't carry a generator, or heavy tools. Interesting that Lippert and Jim Beletti both told me these accidents usually occur on the kitchen side as its heavier.
Anyway, thats the story of the day. I can still hear and smell the cows mooing. LOL