Total Failure Or Can We Get It Done?

One of the "discoveries" we made with our motorhome was that it did not have a functioning brake controller. The selling company in Colorado had assured us that it would have this installed, but they mixed it up with a brake controller for flat-towing. Those won't work for a trailer. Once we showed up with a trailer they should have told us to get one for trailer use installed. But I have to chalk that up to ignorance, despite that the main business of that company was selling trailers.

Ignorance seems to be a problem with other companies too.

Today we had an appointment in Yuma to finally get that brake controller installed. 

For that reason we had already driven yesterday to another LTVA (Pilot Knob) near Yuma , for the time for our appointment was 9am. Of course, we were on-site at 8:30am. Yet, everything was still locked up and nobody around. That didn't change when the clock struck 9am either. 45 Minutes later a black Jaguar showed up. It was the owner of "Just-For-Towing LLC".

I gave her 10 more minutes to get organized before I stepped into her small office. Other than she was mumbling about having to pick up some tax papers, no explanation for her delay was given, and she was quite in the blank about why I was there, so I had to explain it to her. As she found a schedule paper for the day she started to show signs of remembrance. After signing off on the dotted line I left her the key for the motorhome and we took off to Mittry Lake, where we spent 3hours enjoying the scenery. 

We also met a lot of interesting passer-bys we chatted with.

Eventually we got a call from the shop. It turned out to be a huge disappointment as they "could not find out how to install the controller". Apparently a tech had spent one hour in the coach and then given up without doing anything.

We couldn't believe it! We were told that they weren't really an RV place. (But they knew we would be coming with our 40ft rig) Though when we returned to pick up the rig, they were working on 2 other motorhomes. 

Go figure!

When retrieving the key, the woman gave me a phone number to call. Obviously a guy who had knowledge enough to fix our order.

So with our mood in the basement we took off. We decided to return to Pilot Knob LTVA in case we would find another company to get the job done.

I called the number I had been given, and it turned out to be a mobile RV tech. He sounded knowledgeable, but the best part was that he might even be able to get it done tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. His price wasn't too bad so we made a deal. Maybe, if this works out our trip to Yuma wasn't all wasted anyway, besides we had also taken the opportunity to fill up our diesel tank with over 80gal. Diesel prices are easily $1.50 cheaper/gal than in California, which works out to $120 saved.

While we were parked here yesterday, we enjoyed a mighty fine desert sunset. 

And here are wide open spaces to enjoy hiking or just walking the dog. Not far from here, is the Mexican border. On a clear day one can make out the ugly border fence cutting through the desert.

Yes, folks, this is what happened today, so we just hang out here at least one more day.