SueJean
Active Member
Okay....it's been a while.....uh, years, in fact, but today we managed to drag our 2008 Big Horn through the mud back onto the road for the first time in.....5 years. It was exhilarating to drive down the Alaskan Highway and watch it heading on down the road in front of me. My cowboy was even happier as he sat behind the wheel of our 2001 Ford F250 with our "home away from home" following along behind him. (I was relegated to the "other truck" in case anything went awry. )
Bit of background: bought our rig in '09 in Texas and spent the next two years driving it all over the lower '48. Spring '11 headed north to Alaska from Georgia on a crazy, wild adventure following the music. (My cowboy is a Johnny Cash tribute artist/singer/etc.) We fled to Homer, AK at the end of that summer and spent the next two winters enjoying the worst winters in 50 years of recorded weather history.
Headed for the Interior the Spring of '13 thinking to go south. Made it as far as Tok where we spent the summer. Come fall knew we couldn't survive winter in the Interior in the rig. Bought a homestead and parked the rig next to the garage. It became an Airbnb hideaway one summer and spent the rest of its time as an extension of our home space.
Three winters ago, we were closing it up for the winter trying to beat the first snowfall when "somebody" was looking "down" instead of "up" and jammed a cabinet door into the large slider bending the cylinder into a nice C shape. Frantic to beat the snow, and living in the middle of nowhere, we were forced to cut the shaft in order to manually close the slider.
'nuff said.
We've taken it to a repair place in Tok hoping to get back on the road this summer. I need to order parts. Can anyone recommend the best way or "a way" for me to find out exactly what part I need. I've been all over the forum and done some searches for manuals, but I'm kinda working blindly. Any help, assistance, advice, directions would be carefully considered, appreciated, and used appropriately.
Final thought: After all these years, our Big Horn still looks great and feels like home. I can hear that old song echoing in my head......on the road....ah, you know what I mean!
SueJean (and DannyLee)
Bit of background: bought our rig in '09 in Texas and spent the next two years driving it all over the lower '48. Spring '11 headed north to Alaska from Georgia on a crazy, wild adventure following the music. (My cowboy is a Johnny Cash tribute artist/singer/etc.) We fled to Homer, AK at the end of that summer and spent the next two winters enjoying the worst winters in 50 years of recorded weather history.
Headed for the Interior the Spring of '13 thinking to go south. Made it as far as Tok where we spent the summer. Come fall knew we couldn't survive winter in the Interior in the rig. Bought a homestead and parked the rig next to the garage. It became an Airbnb hideaway one summer and spent the rest of its time as an extension of our home space.
Three winters ago, we were closing it up for the winter trying to beat the first snowfall when "somebody" was looking "down" instead of "up" and jammed a cabinet door into the large slider bending the cylinder into a nice C shape. Frantic to beat the snow, and living in the middle of nowhere, we were forced to cut the shaft in order to manually close the slider.
'nuff said.
We've taken it to a repair place in Tok hoping to get back on the road this summer. I need to order parts. Can anyone recommend the best way or "a way" for me to find out exactly what part I need. I've been all over the forum and done some searches for manuals, but I'm kinda working blindly. Any help, assistance, advice, directions would be carefully considered, appreciated, and used appropriately.
Final thought: After all these years, our Big Horn still looks great and feels like home. I can hear that old song echoing in my head......on the road....ah, you know what I mean!
SueJean (and DannyLee)