Proper Towing Wreckers For MH With Front Wheel Suspension Systems

If you read Randy’s blog at The Roadrunner Chronicles you will learn  all the grief we motor home owners with front wheel suspensions can have when having a wrecker tow it. In Randy’s case his engine just died going down the highway and he called his emergency road service provider to send a wrecker. After three attempts he finally had a wrecker show up with the proper towing attachments for towing coaches with independent front wheel suspension. Like this one. I hope Randy doesn’t mind me using his photos to illustrate the proper tow wrecker.

Notice the lift and saddles that the front wheels rest in. I’m told this is the only type wrecker that will tow this kind of motor home. I post this as we had a similar experience  about five years ago where we waited along the side  the road for nearly 14 hours before our emergency road service provider finally sent the proper tow wrecker. It took two attempts though.
Also notice the service guy under the rear side of his coach. He his disconnecting the drive shaft for towing. I bring this out as after we had our problem (front tire blow out) fixed and headed out again we had a sever vibration occur at 50+ mph. We called our road service provider again and they sent out a mechanic who reinstalled our drive shaft properly. The wrecker driver when he reinstalled it did not do proper phasing of the drive shaft. So, make sure you have him use the proper phasing technique when reinstalling the drive shaft. I’m not quite sure how to describe what to look for but I understand the proper alignment of the u-joints has something to do with it.

Randy said this wrecker company knew exactly what they were doing and towed their coach to the dealer without incident. I do not know the proper name for the towing system but make sure the wrecker that is sent has the capability of lifting from the wheels.

Will believe it or not another day without rain very cloudy and overcast though.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

Just Maybe We Might Start Drying Out

Except for a few sprinkles this am we have finally gone through the day without rain. Yeaa! The ground is so saturated Sandy’s brother says they probably wont mow again until sometime next week. We had breakfast again at Arnold’s with her brother. He was having some of his weed eaters come to his property to do some trimming of underbrush, tree limbs and general clean up. They did a pretty good job and will start stretching the fence wire to the fence posts they put in this spring.

We needed to go into Longview for supplies. On our way in we saw every creek, stream and river to be way out of their boundaries. Lake O’ the Pines was the fullest we’ve ever seen it. Sandy’s sister called yesterday evening and advised the local news channel showed a feature of the flooding at Canton. We go here every month to sale our purse inserts. She said they showed several of the Pavilions with three to four feet of water rushing through a lot of them.

My sister surprised us last night by calling. She has finally moved to a regular room and will be there for rest of the week and then go to  rehab for probably two weeks. We continue to lift her up in prayer for a complete recovery.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

Can You Hear That!

As I write the rain is torrential. Another night of pitter-patter and the forecast says it going to do this all day. I’ve never been in so much rain in all my life. The mosquito's look like vultures and they  swarm all over you when you step outside between deluges. This is out it looks for us now.

Bam! Just killed a mosquito on my screen. Went to the local cafe, Arnolds with my BIL for breakfast.It was full of locals.They all agreed this is the most rain they’ve ever seen in September-October. I know this has to be boring for most of you out there, but this is about the only going-on’s right now for us..
In April 2008 we traveled with Mark and Dortha at RVing with Poppa to Port Aransas TX for the sand art festival. They had beautiful sand art similar to these photos emailed to me of the Oregon Sand Art Competition.

  

 

 

 

 

 

When we went to Port Aransas that year we stayed at Pioneer RV Park. At that time The Last Resort RV Park in Rockport , where a lot of the RV-Dreamers will be staying this winter,  had not finished adding their new sites. Here are some photos of the Port A Sand Art Fest.

Do you notice a difference in the sand color between the Pacific and Gulf coasts? Also the Pacific coast sand appears to have more texture than the Gulf coast sand. Since we do First Monday Canton every month we have to plan any trips we take in between Canton’s and they usually have to be within a two day drive of base due to our aging mothers. Maybe we can plan a trip this winter to meet up with some of the RV-Dreamers down in Rockport TX.

Well I need to get back to building pontoons for the MH as if this rain keeps up we’re going to need them.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

Pitter Patter

This is the sound we heard coming from our roof of the MH all night last night. This is what's remaining of what  came through about 6pm Sunday night.
We have been in and out of this area for ten years now and never seen so much rain over a period of about four to five weeks. Even the locals here believe this might be a record rain fall for this time of the year. The ground has never had a chance to  dry out, so Sandy’s job may be in jeopardy as the state just might call off the mowing of right-a-ways at least for this cutting schedule.

An update on my sister Dren is good. She was strong enough to call our Mom Saturday night. Talk about a lift for my Mom you just wouldn’t believe what that little phone call did for her. Each day Dren gets a little better. The Lord is good!
I received an email that had some interesting attachments that I would like to share of what some creative farm kids made, since we are headed into fall where you see pumpkins and hay fields.

a hay roll pig
 
a hay rocket

a hay fort

hay field workers

hay pumpkin

You really can tell when someone just doesn’t have much to write about can’t you.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

As Seen On TV Windshield Wonder

Today has been one of those days you just want to stay inside and do nothing. The temperature hasn’t gotten much above 58F. Its been wet and drizzly all day long. Watching college football and NASCAR Nationwide racing is about all I have done. 
Talked to my brother Ward today who dropped by the hospital to visit our sister Dren. He advised she looked weak, tired and washed out which one would expect with what she’s gone through. She had trouble talking which is understandable with tubes running down your throat. We continue to pray for her full recovery.

I normally would not rate a product for fear it may not do for others as it did for me. However, this “As Seen On TV” item turned out pretty good for us. We particularly liked the pivoting head as it made it fast and easy to clean the inside of our windows. As most of you know cleaning the inside of your windshield you must strain and stretch but the swivel head and extension arm makes it a lot easier. Sandy mixed half vinegar and half water in the little misting bottle that comes with the kit and cleaned the mirrors and windows inside the MH. The bonnet had to be rinsed several times but it did a fair job. I’m not sure how it would do on a really dirty window.

Rick at http://rickpaulettervjournal.blogspot.com/ talks about basic Wi-Fi connecting and plans to do more if the interest is there. So, I encourage you to drop over to his blog and if you like what you see let him know.

there’s nothing like sharing

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.