Our Accident

[Chuck Wheeler]

Where is Prevost Car located. I may try to get a estimate from them to go along with the one from North Texas RV.

- Chuck Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX

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From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ronmarabito2002
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:53 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Our Accident

Sorry to hear of your accident. Hope it isn't as bad as it sounds. I still don't have my coach back from Prevost Car in Ft. Worth. We have passed 2 months not having the coach.

R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "Chuck Wheeler" .> wrote:
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> 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
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