It's a Money Pit Day!

Three weeks ago, appointments were made and parts were ordered. Today was the big day. Pack everything up and head to the repair shop.  We weren't sure it was going to happen as the parts only arrived at the shop yesterday.

While getting ready for the big move, Wayne noticed that two of our trailer tires were badly worn.  He checks them regularly, so this has developed recently.  Apparently our plies are separating.  Okay we teed up with the tire place to install new tires while the rig was at the repair shop.

Bald Spot on Tires

New Tires

Now the main event. Loyal blog followers may remember all the problems we had on our trip west last fall.

Can you tell what's different?

We have never trusted the many and varied repairs to our landing gear.  Every travel day is extra stressful, not knowing if the legs will do their job.  So we bit the bullet and ordered new ones.

New Landing Gear - outside shot

Inside Shot

These legs each have their own drive motor and operating switch.  Each of the new legs will lift as much as the original pair of legs.  Also no cross bar is needed to transfer the movement as each leg is independent.
The change out wasn't without drama.  Within five minutes of starting the project, the technician says he can't do the job as the leg assemblies aren't the same size and the brackets don't line up.  He didn't want to do the cutting and welding required.  After some discussion with the front office,  the owner got involved and arranged for a welder and personally supervised the job.

Old Yucky Landing Gear

Six hours later we have success and headed back home to Las Colinas Rv Park.  But not to our original back in site.  We are now in a pull through site in a different part of the park.  Wayne had a splitting headache and didn't want to muck about.  The back in site was kind of difficult to get in.  It was actually designed for a park model.

An all day project

Sunset in the desert