Our Accident

[ronmarabito2002]

Chuck: They are located on Frye St. south of DFW Airport. Talk to John or
Bubba at 817-685-0250

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

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Wheeler" wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> _____
>
> 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@
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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..
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > - Chuck Wheeler-
> > 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX
> >
>