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11-22-2006, 07:46 PM
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Bringing Sammie home from Texas, day 1,2,3,and...
Got to houston TX at 11:15pm on Tuesday. Bumpy airplane ride all the way.
Transaction went well. We were offered to spend the nignt but just wanted to hit the road. It's 1am.
Sammie ran beautifuly. Oil preasure good, tempature good, handled great. Had a slight pull to the left. Maybe needs an alignment.
Stopped after 2 hours in Beaumont TX. Slept well and we were on the road by 8am on Wednesday.
Stopped for breafast at Cracker Barrell, (convienent rv parking), for breakfast at 11am.
Gased up in LA.
Rides going very well heading north through Mississippi UNTIL we tried to avoid a gator on the road, NO, not the real thing a blownout retread that blew off the truck in front of us. We could not avoid it, fortunately no damage just a flat on the rear curbside outside tire.
The seller left lots of tools to get us through this problem. Now we know how to change a flat on our 310. We were on our way in an hour and a half.
Convienently truck stops now have WIFI connections. We'll keep you posted.
The journey continues home.
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11-22-2006, 07:59 PM
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Moderator
2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Sounds like an epic journey. Glad that your midhap was not serious. Keep us posted on your progress and your arrival home with your new baby. We will need to know all about your Thanksgiving adventure on the road in your new Airstream. Have a safe and happy trip home.
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SuEllyn & Brian McCabe
WBCCI #3628 -- AIR #14872 -- TAC #FL-7
2015 FC 25' FB (Lucy) with ProPride
2020 Silverado 2500 (Vivian)
2023 Rivian R1T (Opal)
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11-22-2006, 08:20 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2004 28' Classic
1965 20' Globetrotter
Stephenville
, Texas
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 242
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Joy and Mark:
Glad you've got Sammie and that you are all headed home. What fun! Send pictures when you can.
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Jimmy and Marque (Zoey)
WBCCI#: 2344
Texas Highland Lakes Unit
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11-22-2006, 08:32 PM
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Rivet Master
1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
West Coast
, BC
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,790
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Glad the trip is going along well so far - given you've gotten this far pretty much problem free with the unit itself is very positive. I've also heard the retread tires ripping off called snakes, and had heard of a biker who was riding beside a semi when it let loose with one that cause the biker serious (lethal was what I was told) damage. I do know they can hurt the paint on a car really bad.
Take care, enjoy the drive, and look forward to pictures of the trip when you get home.
Barry
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11-22-2006, 09:36 PM
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Around here we call 'em road gators as well.
If you find yourself at a truck stop with wifi and a few minutes to kill waiting for one reason or another, you can check out this tread, er, thread:
http://www.airforums.com/forum...res+brett+edie
Happy Motoring!
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11-23-2006, 07:10 AM
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Patriotic
1973 23' Safari
North of Boston
, Massachusetts
Join Date: May 2002
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Hey, neighbor!!
sounds like quite an adventure. Post pics!
If you're heading straight home, the weather should be good here all weekend, after today.
Have a good trip!
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11-23-2006, 07:31 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 27' Overlander
1954 26' Romany Cruiser
1960 26' Overlander
Rockingham County
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Sonds like quite an adventure! Hope you have the oportunity to take pics along the way. Good Luck!
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'46 Spartan Manor (Rosie)
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11-23-2006, 09:28 AM
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Rivet Master
1994 30' Excella
Currently Looking...
Milwaukee
, Wisconsin
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I am looking forward to your next post. You might check the air pressure in the front air bags, if they are not equal it could cause the pull.
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Forest River Forester 2501TS
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11-23-2006, 11:11 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1982 28' Airstream 280
Norfolk
, Virginia
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 135
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Good to hear that all is well with Sammy and you did not have to jack up the cup holders and put a new MoHo underneath them.
Have a safe and enjoyable trip home.
Steve
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11-24-2006, 08:21 PM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 39
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Bringing Sammie home, days 2&3
Here we are waking up in Meridian MS., at the Satalite Truck Stop. It's 5:30. Sammie looks so tiny next to all the big rigs. Had some coffee, gased up, kicked the tires, checked the oil and the water level. Everything checked out ok and we were on the road at 7:15.
At this point we are 1300 miles and 21 hours away from home (love our GPS). We were getting about 10-11 miles per gallon along the flats of TX and LA. With the approaching hills we expect to drop about a gallon per mile.
Stopped At Walmart in Tuscaloosa AL for supplies at about 11:00am. As you all know another handy place for rv's to park.
Not much time for sightseeing. Want to get Sammie home and do a little work on her before the real cold weather comes and we have to tuck her in for the winter.
So far, a smooth ride with no problems.
Meanwhile, the previous owner kept contact with us twice a day making sure all was going well. Nice guy.
Stopped for gas in TN. Sorry can't remember what truck stop it was but do remember one fellow wanted to know what year it was and loved it. And another fellow wanted to know where to get one because he hates his SOB. We felt realllll goooood. We told him to go to Airstream Forums.
Had supper and spent the night at Davey Crockett Truck Stop in Tn near the VA border. Slept well.
After a chilly start because the furnace stopped working in the middle of the night. Ran the genny to run the heat strips to take out the chill in the air. We have propane, stove works, fridge is running. No time to check now to see whats wrong. On the road even earlier it's 6:00am. Did the usual pre-trip inspection and hit the road.
Keep you posted.
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11-24-2006, 08:40 PM
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Rivet Master
1998 31' Excella 1000
South Berwick
, Maine
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Sounds like the start of a fantastic adventure. Congratulations and have a very safe journey home. Starting to cooldown in the Northeast; have a winterizing plan in place.
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11-25-2006, 05:47 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 27' Overlander
1954 26' Romany Cruiser
1960 26' Overlander
Rockingham County
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Sounds like your doing well, We're all rooting for a flawless trip home!
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'46 Spartan Manor (Rosie)
'54 Cruiser (Bogart)
'60 Overlander (Hoagy)
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Duramax
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11-25-2006, 08:51 AM
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Rivet Master
1994 30' Excella
Currently Looking...
Milwaukee
, Wisconsin
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,935
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[quoteStopped for gas in TN. Sorry can't remember what truck stop it was but do remember one fellow wanted to know what year it was and loved it. And another fellow wanted to know where to get one because he hates his SOB. We felt realllll goooood. We told him to go to Airstream Forums.
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I am enjoying your posts it brings back memories of when we bought our Chummy in New Hampshire and drove him home through Canada to Wisconsin.
A family joke when we are camped in a park and people stop to stare at Chummy, one of us will say: "When you live in a museum piece_________" Fill in the blanks.
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Forest River Forester 2501TS
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11-25-2006, 11:09 AM
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2 Rivet Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
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We made it! Were home! I'll spare you all the details of the hustle and bustle of driving through DC, NJ TPK, NY(our personal favorite, the GW Bridge). It was quite a shock comming back to the eastcoast congestion/traffic after spending our first few days on the open road. It was a whole new driving expeirence.
We ended up stopping in CT at a Pilot Truck Stop at about 11pm. Tried to get the furnace going but no luck. Guess we'll just bundle up for another night.
Left this morning at 6am with only 184 miles to go and just over 3 hours. Did our pre-trip inspection, everthings ok until all the 12 volt power went out. Only the dashboard was working. Hopefully just a fuse, if we just know where to look. Just remembered when the power went out the genny was running wonder if it could be the ac convertor
Todays plan is to get the tire fixed and get it back on, hopefully fix the furnace and figure out what happened to the power.
Hope you enjoyed our journey. We did!
We'll post a picture later.
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11-25-2006, 11:29 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 27' Overlander
1954 26' Romany Cruiser
1960 26' Overlander
Rockingham County
, New Hampshire
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YAY! for you guys!
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'46 Spartan Manor (Rosie)
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'60 Overlander (Hoagy)
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11-25-2006, 11:42 AM
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Rivet Master
1985 34.5' Airstream 345
Tujunga
, California
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,969
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your heater
congrats on making it home. for the furnace try taking the cover off inside and blow it out with compressed air to the outside. A lot of critters make nests in there that gum up the works. Just had to do it with ours and they work great again. Of course we are a bit weak and had them on for 51 degree weather in Santa Barbara
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1985 345 Motorhome...... delightfully tacky......yet unrefined
AIR 7992
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11-25-2006, 11:43 AM
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RivetAddict
1986 34.5' Airstream 345
Louisville
, Kentucky
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Well done and welcome home. It's good to hear that everything went relatively smoothly on your first trip. Three days from TX to MA is cooking. At least you have the weekend to recover.
Check your house battery. Loosing the furnace first (if there is not enough current to the blower they turn off) then the coach 12V sounds like you have a bad/dead coach battery or something in the charging system is not working on the house circuit.
Let's get some pics up there!
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1986 Airstream 345 Classic Motorhome
AIR 1760
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11-25-2006, 05:27 PM
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Rivet Master
1994 30' Excella
Currently Looking...
Milwaukee
, Wisconsin
Join Date: May 2004
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Congratulations on a safe and successful trip.
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Chaplain Kent
Forest River Forester 2501TS
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