It is more than a week ago that I discovered our axle problem and we have contacted 2 places to get a quote for axle replacement and an idea of the delivery time. After sending a couple of reminders to PITSTOP in Yuma, they called today with a quote. And it is not gonna be cheap. 500 Bucks just for labor and 750 for each axle. And then there is the freight.
We do have another inquiry running, but they must think that Christmas is already here and have started the holidays. But we are still hopeful. What is rather puzzling, is the fact that one outfit says 2 weeks delivery time and the other says 6 weeks. Both are Dexter dealers. Very strange!
Meanwhile we try not to let this thing get in the way of enjoying the very nice California weather. Comparing to the place where we stayed in TX the difference in temps for Christmas is just about 20C or 68F with Texas being at the low end of the scale. You probably have heard about the approaching deepfreeze for the Midwest and parts of the north-western states. Even the center of British Columbia is currently experiencing -40C in the Okanagan area, which always has been considered to be the warmest Canadian place for winter stays.
So with Christmas approaching, plans have developed to join up with a few neighbours for Christmas dinner and get-togethers around a camp fire.
We are looking forward to that.
Gas prices are still tumbling and even in California, gas can be found for near 3.40/gal. We hope it will stay that way until it is going-home-time in spring.
Our last 4 evenings have been spent in front of the TV where we could follow the episodes of the movie "1883". Not really a Western, but rather the attempt of a documentary as it could have played out back in the days. I have distant relatives in the US myself, and they came to America in 1833 (50 years earlier than the people in the movie) At that time the west had barely been traveled and discovered, so they stayed in a place in south-west Illinois where they co-founded the town of St. Libory. They had started out as a group of 10 family members, but only 8 reached the shore at Baltimore, MD. Even though the journey wasn't as arduous as shown in "1883", they were pioneers nevertheless. Their spirit can best be described by what a few of them did to get their farm products sold. From St. Libory they went on a raft down the Kaskaskia river which eventually enters the Mississippi. They then continued down America's biggest river all the way to New Orleans, where they did their trades.
As the family where co-founders of the town, a street was named after them. It's not a glamourous avenue, but a short residential street. (see image)
There are places that do trailer axle alignments. I had my alko torsion axles done several years ago here in BC. It was an outfit in Chilliwack. They told me at the time that they even do new trailers just out of the factory sometimes. They had an axle bending process..it worked well…….worth a google search down there.
ReplyDeleteThe Okanagan is not the warmest winter spot in BC. It is the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island. During the Pandemic when the border was closed, all the campgrounds on the Island were packed with full time RVers from across Canada including the Okanagan where it gets quite cold in the winter.
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