We took off bright and early and after a few miles the transmission just wasn’t shifting right. I pulled over restarted the engine to reset the computer and off we went. As we pulled into Lake City about 3 hours later the downshift of the transmission was hard. It just wasn’t right going through downtown Lake City. By the time we got east of Lake City 45 MPH was our top speed. I pulled over to let a line of cars go by and she won’t go forward anymore. (Backs up okay)
Now the place I pulled over was right in front of a prison! You know double rows of fence with lots of barbed wire, guards, dogs etc. Miss Peggy is a happy camper.
After making a few calls we found a transmission shop and they suggested Jim’s Towing. Hey the name sounded good to me. After talking with the owner and arranging a tow (60 Minutes) he ask who referred us. We told him and with a little prodding he said he wouldn’t have them work on a big 1 ton truck. He recommended A + Transmission. After talking to Travis the owner of A+ Transmission I found out he knows bigger truck trannyies. So he is our guy.
Nothing worse than this happening to you.
It takes a big tow truck to pull the Dodge diesel and the Fifth wheel all at once!
Joshua, our tow driver, got there in about 30 minutes as he was diverted from a semi-tow on the interstate. Now this wrecker can pull a Semi! He had towed a number of fifth wheel truck combos in the past and knew just what to do.
Mean while Miss Peggy talked to Travis about where we could park the Fifth Wheel. She did her best church lady facade and got us a spot at the nearby Church of God’s parking lot.
She says the sanctuary and atrium going into it are beautiful, I will check it out tomorrow.
Church of God on left and their Spanish Church on the right of our rig.
And look A + Transmission in walking distance. Note our outside dining for supper, it is over 80!
Of course by the time they finally got the computer on the truck to check the codes, and talked to the extended warranty people a few times it was 4:30. Tomorrow they will take the transmission apart. We hope that the warranty people don’t have to send out an inspector (which will slow things down), and pray this is an easy fix.
Joshua told us he can bring a 1 ton dually to come out and take our fifth wheel to Ocean Pond if needed.
Many people don’t travel in their Rvs with fresh water in their tanks as it is added weight. We always do and today was proof and justification of the extras 1/10 MPG we might have gained without the water. We will be able to settle in for a couple of nights at Camp Church of God and not worry about water. Tomorrow we had planned to go pickup our inverter so for tonight – no TV.
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It looks like God was taking care of you in many ways.!! Connie and Howard