Prep

I’m getting ready for my next Road Trip! I’ve got Gypsy Rose Lei in the shop. I brought it in for a look over. I put about 3,000 miles on her driving out to California and back.

Pittman’s Garage in Abilene comes highly recommended by my brother David. He was raised here. Graduated from high school and has lived here a long time. A good and honest mechanic is a valuable resource indeed! A brother who can recommend one is priceless!

I asked them to change the oil and filters and take a look at her. I told them I was going to be putting a lot of miles on her this year and wanted to be able to trust her.

Well like any good mechanic that looks, they’ll find something. That’s where the trust comes in. So after poking around and taking the wheels off…

One front strut was leaking but might as well replace them both. They’ve got the same mileage. The previous owners probably hit a pot hole or something. Could leave it but it’s old..

Replace both!

Now the bad news sir.

Rotors and brakes all around.

Less than $3000. Almost $2500. Worth it.

Looking at a 17’ Braxton Creek Bushwacker Plus travel trailer or a similar length Clipper model. You can see them on RVtrader.com. But that’s putting the cart before the horse. Or the trailer before the hitch in this case.

She’s got no hitch!

The mechanics at Pittman’s really didn’t want anything to do with installing them. 🤷‍♂️ I honestly don’t know why. If you look at videos on YouTube it looks pretty easy. I just wouldn’t want to try and mess w/ lifting.

U-Haul seems to have a side hustle in hitch installations. I’d have to reserve it weeks in advance though and I don’t want to wait that long!

I guess I’m going to have to actually talk to people. Yuck! 😉