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AmeDeBoheme
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Hi gang!
So we have done it. After 4 moths of preparations, renovations and double our starting budget - our RV, my partner, our dog, our cat and I are on the road! 5 days in and we could not have done it without you folks. All the help advice, opinions and experience you have all given us is worth more than any money could buy. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
All has gone fairly smoothly - a few fuses blown here and there, some things shifting and not liking being on the road after a few years of non-use and a belt needing to be tightened a few days and we were golden until two nights ago. We had quite a terrible night that I hope is not a sign of things to come.
We were driving through the Pennsylvania Wilds heading to Ohio when around 11pm our headlights and dash dimmed and the battery gauge on the dash cut to about a quarter. It looked like our alternator went. Luckily - about 2 miles up there was a 24 hour TA Travel Center with very large garage open all night (THANK GOD!) we pulled in and went in to ask for help
3 very gruff men with no teeth informed me that they would not be serving me here because they "will not serve faggots" - I described my problem and asked if it sounded like the alternator and would I be safe to drive up the road to another garage. They told me I would not be safe in these parts and I better move along - then five of them came out with large tools in their hands and and surrounded my RV - they spit all over it and threatened us. When we went to leave they told me if I tried to leave without paying my bill we would have some trouble. My bill? They refused to work on anything!
They told me that they gave us their opinion that yes they thought it was the alternator and that would be a minimum half hour rate of 55 dollars. They strong armed me into paying it and I left as fast as we could for the nearest walmart (20 miles away)
we made it safely to Walmart and in the AM - turns out I was able to fix it myself - when we had our belts tightened the garage didn't tuck the alternator wires in well enough and they got burned by the air filter cover, we fixed them up on our own and headed out on the road.
I knew this adventure of full-time RVing across the country would be full of both beautiful and ugly moments...I just hope that got the ugly out of the way for a while. Will keep you all updated as we head more on the road. Hope to meet some of you on our mutual adventures.
namaste
So we have done it. After 4 moths of preparations, renovations and double our starting budget - our RV, my partner, our dog, our cat and I are on the road! 5 days in and we could not have done it without you folks. All the help advice, opinions and experience you have all given us is worth more than any money could buy. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
All has gone fairly smoothly - a few fuses blown here and there, some things shifting and not liking being on the road after a few years of non-use and a belt needing to be tightened a few days and we were golden until two nights ago. We had quite a terrible night that I hope is not a sign of things to come.
We were driving through the Pennsylvania Wilds heading to Ohio when around 11pm our headlights and dash dimmed and the battery gauge on the dash cut to about a quarter. It looked like our alternator went. Luckily - about 2 miles up there was a 24 hour TA Travel Center with very large garage open all night (THANK GOD!) we pulled in and went in to ask for help
3 very gruff men with no teeth informed me that they would not be serving me here because they "will not serve faggots" - I described my problem and asked if it sounded like the alternator and would I be safe to drive up the road to another garage. They told me I would not be safe in these parts and I better move along - then five of them came out with large tools in their hands and and surrounded my RV - they spit all over it and threatened us. When we went to leave they told me if I tried to leave without paying my bill we would have some trouble. My bill? They refused to work on anything!
They told me that they gave us their opinion that yes they thought it was the alternator and that would be a minimum half hour rate of 55 dollars. They strong armed me into paying it and I left as fast as we could for the nearest walmart (20 miles away)
we made it safely to Walmart and in the AM - turns out I was able to fix it myself - when we had our belts tightened the garage didn't tuck the alternator wires in well enough and they got burned by the air filter cover, we fixed them up on our own and headed out on the road.
I knew this adventure of full-time RVing across the country would be full of both beautiful and ugly moments...I just hope that got the ugly out of the way for a while. Will keep you all updated as we head more on the road. Hope to meet some of you on our mutual adventures.
namaste