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Post by scotty on Jan 27, 2015 11:54:28 GMT -8
I'll take my hat off to you and applaud loud and long! What a couple of troopers. I am going to run right back down to mine and check all that stuff! Good grief. Glad you are safe and home...it'll be a great story some day!!
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mick
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Post by mick on Mar 15, 2015 20:09:09 GMT -8
Bo and Susan, I'm a new member here and read your experience in awe. what you did with what you had was nothing short of incredible! We bought a Mid 60's Trailblazer back in November I had to haul it les than a mile home. Being new to trailers I "thought" I looked it over pretty good. Only after I got it home did I think about something like this happening. Scared me after the fact! Your experience has opened my eyes to what I need to look for if we ever buy another.
Thanks for your story,
Mike
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Post by Shasta Shelly on Oct 14, 2015 17:04:09 GMT -8
Oh my! I'm headed out next week to pick up my first Shasta about 600 miles away and now I'm terrified! I've been reading through all of the post and suggestions on what to bring and what to check for, and I appreciate your shared experience. Here's hoping that ours goes somewhat (a lot) better than yours as I'm not sure how I would handle it! Perhaps I need to add "valium" to the list of things to bring???  |
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Post by davek on Oct 14, 2015 19:24:16 GMT -8
Oh my! I'm headed out next week to pick up my first Shasta about 600 miles away and now I'm terrified! I've been reading through all of the post and suggestions on what to bring and what to check for, and I appreciate your shared experience. Here's hoping that ours goes somewhat (a lot) better than yours as I'm not sure how I would handle it! Perhaps I need to add "valium" to the list of things to bring??? That is a very very long drive. I would never drive that far unless it was a very very special trailer but if I was going to I would ask for lots and lots of detailed photos and don't be shy to ask lots and lots of questions. |
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Post by vikx on Oct 14, 2015 22:05:18 GMT -8
DaveK nailed it. Do your homework...
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Post by Bow_Tied on Oct 15, 2015 15:36:42 GMT -8
Oh my! I'm headed out next week to pick up my first Shasta about 600 miles away and now I'm terrified! I've been reading through all of the post and suggestions on what to bring and what to check for, and I appreciate your shared experience. Here's hoping that ours goes somewhat (a lot) better than yours as I'm not sure how I would handle it! Perhaps I need to add "valium" to the list of things to bring??? Good luck! Hope the wheel bearings have been greased recently and the tires are good. |
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Post by Shasta Shelly on Oct 15, 2015 21:30:54 GMT -8
We are bringing new shoes and socks for her (tires and rims) and we will be repacking her wheel bearings there. We've asked the PO lots of questions and he has sent many photos, so I hope our first experience is a good one. She looks to be worth the trip!
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Post by mrmarty51 on Oct 30, 2016 19:21:58 GMT -8
Wow. I too am new here. I posted a thread about a groundup restoration on My trailer/camper. it is bad but it had not leaned over yet.
What an experience.
Yes Shasta Shelly, I hope and pray that all goes well on Your Journey.
Take along enough rope and a couple of ratchet tie down straps in case the roof separates and would try and lift off.
I had to do that on Mine. The seam on the front had separated and I knew it would not hold against the 20 MPH headwind to get home. Ropes from the back bumper, ratchet straps to the hitch frame and sucked it all back together. Made the trip home just fine.
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gypsyatheart
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Post by gypsyatheart on Nov 24, 2016 14:19:58 GMT -8
This is nuts. I brought mine back and am very fortunate with my limited knowledge. Thank you God!
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Vintagehotdog
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Post by Vintagehotdog on Nov 30, 2016 18:21:36 GMT -8
I love this thread! And I salute you. Great job. This sounds just like my life. I can so see me doing this. Falling off the frame! It's Batman time! And I have no qualms about buying off the net or sight unseen as I am always going to assume that every trailer I even consider buying will need a frame off restoration.
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Post by juboka on Feb 16, 2017 21:47:51 GMT -8
What a great story! It would be nice to see the outcome after your restoration work!
We got real lucky with our (single axle 27')1954 Spartan Manor, although I was hair raised and worried for months. It is our 1st trailer and we flew from Los Angeles to New Orleans to see it, because the po said he could deliver... after sleeping in it we bought it the next day, and got a little welding done on the tongue.
Then the big delay to bring it out here, over 100 days while it was surviving the Great Flood of 2016 in Louisiana. But the dude bought a newer truck, my husband Michael joined him and they got here in 3 days!! 1900 miles.
MIRACULOUSLY!!! Now it is permanently sited on our view lot and getting prettied up, including new floors... well we found a lot of frame damage/bad rust several spots during the floor activity. When Michael saw that he was glad they made it in their innocence without problems of any kind. Spartan=Bentley as far as I can tell, just fantastic quality.
The Shasta photos are priceless:":"
cheers,
Julia
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Post by hayesgeorge on Mar 21, 2017 1:24:25 GMT -8
Man what kinda shape was this thing in before the trip, kinda makes me wonder about mine, all seems well but? Dang though that would be very disappointing.
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 21, 2017 8:01:00 GMT -8
Man what kinda shape was this thing in before the trip, kinda makes me wonder about mine, all seems well but? Dang though that would be very disappointing. All old trailers are in bad shape unless they have been housed indoors their entire life. Trailer are only built to last 7 years before they begin to leak. And the older trailers were built much better than the newer ones. No matter what a trailer looks like on the outside, there is rot on the inside and because many people are just puttying and painting up trailers today in order to put lipstick on a pig and make a profit, there are a lot of trailers out there just waiting to explode on a freeway somewhere. Any trailer older than 10 years needs to have the skins removed or peeked under to determine if there is rot. |
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Post by desertphile on Mar 19, 2018 10:52:39 GMT -8
Gosh, what a horrid nightmare.
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 20, 2018 9:18:28 GMT -8
Gosh, what a horrid nightmare. I've got an even worse nightmare that I will be presenting to my class tonight. One of my newest students bought a trailer and it blew right off the frame at 55 mph on her way home with it. I have photos and will be showing them tonight along with interviewing the victim live on Skype. |
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