Our Accident

[gregoryoconnor]

I bet you can find a place to work on it. There are alot of construction
equipment yards that have facilities that they pay rent on and are not utilizing
them. You may even seek the service of a mobile tec to help and check what
local place he has to set the bus up for repair. I am dropping a ten speed
trans out of a truck today and running parts for the mobil tec that will rehang
the trans Friday or Monday. (I am on the last clutch adjustment and dont want to
hang the truck on a cliff without a clutch) From time to time I let him bring a
project to our facilities when that customer has not a place to do the work.
Napa parts clerk are a good source for local Diesel Mobile techs and automotive
paint retailers may have a source for a good craftsman to finish the sheetmetal.
There are also commercial truck storage yards that you can pay a monthly rent on
and often allow minor repairs to commence.

Do you have any tips on control of the bus without a front tire or can you
describe the effort it took to maneuver the bus to safety. Were the Michelin
techniques helpful or utilized?

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Greg of Tim&Greg
94ptca

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Wheeler" wrote:
>
> Since I am looking for parts for out Wanderlodge, folks will probably want
> to know what happened. So here goes:
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> Last week Kathy and I were headed to Nebraska from Fort Worth. We had
> stopped in Guthrie, OK and I had checked the tires, etc. About mile post
> 231, north bound on I-35, we were in a single lane construction zone between
> concrete dividers. I hit a piece of metal that couldn't be avoided and it
> made a great deal of noise. While I was thing that I would take the nest
> off ramp and see if there was any damage the left steer tire exploded. We
> were only about 2 feet from the concrete divider and we hit that at about
> 50mph. "Bouncing" off that pointed us toward an off ramp which we took to
> exit the highway.
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> Damage was to the front left of the bumper and the body. The dump plumbing
> (gone), front left docking light (gone), front of the grey water tank(valve
> and tank fitting pulled out), battery door and hinge damage, and the left
> outside rear tire damage from being scraped along the concrete..
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> Had road service installed a new tire and we drove it 308 miles back to Fort
> Worth. The road service person said that "your RV must be built like a
> tank! I have seen a lot of accidents along here and most of them are not
> drivable." I don't think a plastic coach or even a car would have survived
> hitting as hard as we did.
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> Insurance is coming out to look at it. It will be interesting to see what
> they come up with. I could do most of the repairs if I had a place to work
> on it.
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> I am looking for Tom Eastman to see if he still has Rick Archie's salvaged
> Wanderlodge. If any one has contact information for Tom I would appreciate
> it.
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>
> - Chuck Wheeler-
> 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX
>