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. […]

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 […]

Regular Living Task – Eye Doctor Visit and New Tires for Truck

January 21, 2024 After the dealer told us we needed new tires, Bruce did a lot of research to determine the best tires to put on the truck. He didn’t want to continue to put the less than great tires that were original equipment onto the truck. (Two tires threw belts, one shredded in a […]

Determining Where the Leak Was on the Truck Roof

January 20, 2024 Bruce didn’t want to take the truck back to the dealership without determining what was leaking on the truck roof. Since we had rain coming, Bruce was trying to figure out how he could cover the sunroof. I suggested using a heavy duty garbage bag and wood blocks to hold down the […]

Truck Still Has Roof Leak

January 5, 2024 We had a good bit of rainfall overnight on January 3 (Wednesday night). When Bruce checked the towels that were still stuffed behind the backseat headrests, he discovered the low point towel was wet. We’ve still got water leaking into the cab during a heavy rainfall. The truck will have to back […]

Regular Living Task – Truck Oil Change

July 30, 2023 Cliff, the Big Red Truck, started telling us it needed an oil and oil filter change. Bruce decided the truck would’ve counted down to needing the oil and filter changed while we were towing the RV to Michigan. He was able to get an appointment to get the truck’s oil and filter […]

Truck Alignment Fine, Needed a New Tire

April 22, 2023 If you are following our journey, you know we recently left Alabama to go to Louisiana. We discovered a tire problem as we went through our checklist. We replaced the failing tire with the spare tire. On Monday (April 17), Bruce called around and found a place that would do a tire […]