Was on my way from Dallas to Billings. Mid-Wyoming misjudged my distance till empty and was on the edge of my seat just waiting to run out of diesel. Would’ve been completely screwed, 2 lane road no shoulder pulling my 5er. Gas station around the turn had me screaming in excitement. Truck holds 30 gallons, I pumped in 29.9. Wont let that happen again.
Took my camper over Monarch Pass in Colorado, with the ice all over the road and snow flying everywhere. It was only about 12 miles of driving but it took me about an hour and a half to get over to Gunnison while the people in there Subarus in Colorado plates were flying past me. I just got in the lane with the 18-wheelers and white knuckled it all the way down. First gear is a lifesaver especially for the brakes.
After 7 months of full-timing and moving frequently our landing gear gave out while trying to hitch. Truly terrifying!!
going down the highway and the fuckin’ windshield fell out. yesterday.
I backed into a tree once. It was right there, on the camera. I don’t know why I didn’t see it. Busted up the fiberglass rear end pretty bad on my 2011 Navion iQ. But the scariest thing I had happen was a road that leaned one way and a sign that leaned the other. I got out of the RV and noticed I had less than 1/16th inch between the edge of the sign and my awning.
CruiseAmerica sent us out in a motorhome they had to have known was defective due to coolant loss (blown head gasket or worse likely). When into limp home mode on I-90 in the Rockies where there was no cell signal. Just then a “Truck Repair” place appeared on the left. Those guys diagnosed it as a bad spark plug or coil, and got us going, which did work for about another 700 miles. Then another night at a mechanic in Calgary. Came straight home from there, picking up a one-way rental car in Eastern Washington. Asked Cruise America if we could return it to a different one of their locations, and they said no, because it has to go back out again. A-holes!
