No luck this morning

Well, Village Motors came back this morning to hopefully fix the brake problem, but as it turned out the things we tried had no effect on the problem.  It became obvious to me that they really don’t work on motorhomes, and especially not the Workhorse chassis.  To their credit, they didn’t charge me anything even though they put in about four hours trying to fix things.  What to do next?

For this challenge, I hauled out my rocker and sat outside for a moment to think things through.  It sure would have been nice to have a second person to discuss things with, but that’s not the way it is.  I got out my card for the extended warranty policy I have and tried calling them.  Turns out you have to have the rig into a repair facility to give an estimate for the fix, and then ask permission to have it done.  That, I couldn’t do.  I then noticed a road side assistance number on the card.  I hadn’t realized I had this coverage with the warranty.  I tried to explain the situation to them, and they said they’d have a tech call me back for suggestions.  I can tell you that I was reluctant to hang up, but they assured me they wouldn’t leave me hanging.

About ten minutes later, the tech called with suggestions of things like checking the fuses and the brake fluid level.  I interrupted him  to let him know that all that had been done by the mechanic from Village Motors.  He then said he would look up the nearest Workhorse repair facility and call me back.  And call back he did.  He said I would be towed to Brown and Brown RV in Bourbonnais, IL, for repairs.  Ha! That’s where I had the awning and basement door repairs done last month.  He also said they couldn’t work on it until tomorrow.  That’s when I asked if they were towing it today or tomorrow.  They were going to tow it today, but he said he would call to see if I could stay in the campground tonight with full hookups, and get towed tomorrow. 

When he called me back again, here’s what he said, “You must be some kind of celebrity!”  They remembered me, and will be here first thing tomorrow for the towing, and told him they’d take me in immediately to work on the brakes.  I guess Emma and I sitting outside the place in the heat of summer made an impression on them.  I was happy with their work then, and they know I live in the rig fulltime, so I’m relieved that’s where we’re going.  All this is probably TMI for some folks, but maybe it will help someone to know how these problems evolve.

As Emma and I sat outside this afternoon, I watched this wasp carry what I think may be a pupa across my campsite, and then back again.  I don’t know what it was doing, but it covered more than 100’ carrying it’s burden back and forth and up and down a tree.  Crazy!  It was definitely too heavy for it to fly with it.

So I’ll be packing up once more tomorrow morning in preparation for the tow.  I broke down all the branches of a dead tree that I could reach trying to avoid pin striping on the rig on the route I think they’ll pull my home out.  More tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by… talk to you later,  Judy