Current News – Body Shop Called with Update on Truck

July 23, 2024 The body shop called Bruce today to let him know the truck was mostly back together. They are having some issues with getting the rain sensors connected and working properly. We didn’t know the truck had rain sensors! The truck should be ready next week, but we’ve been hearing that story for […]

Current News – Truck Delayed Again

July 20, 2024 On Wednesday (July 17), we went for a ride to pick up some produce for a dinner party at Heinie’s Market. In a roundabout ride, Bruce stopped in at the body shop to get an update on the truck. We were hoping to hear it would be ready later this week. The […]

Current News on the Truck

July 9, 2024 Bruce called the body shop this morning to get details on when the truck would be ready. The office manager didn’t know and said she would call back once she had some information. While Bruce was out talking to the RV mobile techs, she called back and I answered Bruce’s phone. The […]

Update on Truck

July 7, 2024 Last week, on Tuesday (July 2), Bruce got a call from our insurance. The body shop had called the insurance company to let them know the truck repair was taking longer than expected. I also think the 4th of July holiday delayed the work. The insurance wanted to let Bruce know we […]

Update on the Truck Repairs from the Hailstorm

June 27, 2024 Yesterday, the body shop called to let us know the truck was on schedule for the repairs. The new parts had been installed and they were getting ready to paint. We should have the truck back next week!

Update on Hail Damage Repair to the Truck

June 20, 2024 Bruce called the body shop today to get an update on the truck. The hood has been replaced and the truck roof has arrived. Some of the hail stones cracked the paint in the dents, so pointless dent repair (pdr) won’t work. This means more work to repair the damage, including painting. […]

Hailstorm in Kanas

June 6, 2024 On May 19, disaster struck. Our truck and RV were damaged by a hailstorm. Please see my post https://retirementrvdream.com/2024/05/19/current-statushail-damage-to-rv-and-truck/ if you haven’t already read it.

Current News…Truck Dropped Off for Repair

June 4, 2024 We dropped the truck off for the hail damage repair this morning and an Enterprise rep picked us up. The rep took us to the Enterprise office and went over the car with us looking for damage. The rep had a stripped black and white screen that he held over the car. […]

Current Update…Bodyshop Timeline

May 23, 2024 Today, Bruce called a bodyshop in Lakewood, CO that we’ve used before. Bruce emailed the insurance quote to the bodyshop after talking to Jim (the bodyshop owner). Jim wanted Bruce to bring the truck by at 3:00 pm. Bruce drove the truck over. I went along since Bruce feels it is easier […]

Current Status…Insurance Quotes

May 22, 2024 We had two adjusters; one for the truck and one for the RV. The adjuster for the truck came out and looked at our poor dented truck yesterday. He has already sent the quote. The RV adjuster is in Utah. He requested pictures of the damage. Yesterday, Bruce took the pictures the […]