Our 2016 Summer Adventure
We just got back from our Summer adventure. We visited 11 National Parks, 4 National Monuments, Mt. Rushmore National Memorial and Custer State Park. The states we covered were Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico. We got to celebrate the National Park Service's 100th anniversary with birthday cake at Petrified Forest NP.
Things took a toll on our rig however.
I overextended the power tongue jack and broke the shear pin. Two hours to fix.
I drove over the wheel chocks and broke them. My bad.
Coming down off the Rocky Mountains the rear left wheel bearings failed and damaged the axle. Took a month to get this fixed. We went home while the trailer was in the repair shop in Colorado.
The screw that holds the slideout mechanism drive motor in place came loose from the gearbox causing the drive motor to fall out. Fortunately the enclosed belly pan kept all the parts intact. It took maybe an hour to fix. The belly pan material is held in place with self-tapping screws so that made it easy to gain access to the mechanism and close things back up after the repair work.
Somewhere in Colorado is an antenna-eating tree with our TV antenna hanging from a branch. Ordered a new one from Amazon.
A valve stem on one of the tires developed a leak and flattened the tire. Fortunately the TPMS warned us in time to prevent serious damage to the tire. The TPMS just paid for itself.
Our two-month trip became a three-month trip due to the need for the new Lippert axle.
Despite these inconveniences we had a blast and we are glad to be back home safe and sound.
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2012 Dutchmen Denali 289RK
2013 Ford F250 Lariat - 6.7L Powerstroke Diesel
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