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09-03-2005, 07:12 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Huntington Beach
Posts: 304
M.O.C. #2740
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First long trip
Just returned from our trip through 11 states,3 national Parks,3 national monuments, in 17 days. I won't be doing that again,sometimes driving 12 hours,whew! Had one tire delaminate and damage the Montana, and one attempted break in on the truck,the quality of thieves is sure lacking. I have a "Roll & Lock" cover on the bed,which was unlocked,they tried to force it open rather than unlatch it,have to replace the entire cover. Oh well they could have gotten in and stolen the 4 blocks of wood and the 16K hitch that was in there. Great trip but tiring,saw Glacier N.P.,Yellowstone,The Tetons,Petrfied Forest,Crazy Horse,and Mt. Rushmore and relatives in Denver. Unfortunately most of the parks we stayed at did not have WIFI, one had DSL that had a speed of 16K, which was too slow. I'm having Mike Thompson's do the repair,we'll see if he does the job.
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09-05-2005, 10:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Bill, aside from the low points I'm sure you folks had a great trip. But it sure makes me tired, just reading about it. I'm glad you got to see all those great places, though.
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09-05-2005, 01:18 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location:
Posts: 1,502
M.O.C. #3142
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Sorry to hear you had some bad experiences on your long trip. Sounds like you had some very enjoyable moments too!
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09-06-2005, 05:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: La Pine
Posts: 2,654
M.O.C. #2018
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Bill, Glad your trip was a success, other than those two incidents. Be sure to contact the tire company regarding that tire - if you saved it and they can determine manufacturing defect as the cause of the malfunction, they might just cover the damages to the trailer.
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09-06-2005, 08:38 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: none
Posts: 1,566
M.O.C. #1043
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Bill, I very happy that you made it home safely and the Monanta will surely be repaired.
Wendell
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09-06-2005, 02:41 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Huntington Beach
Posts: 304
M.O.C. #2740
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Thank you all for your comments,yes we had a wonderful trip and as always their is alearning experience in it. Fifth wheels are designed to go to a destination and stay there for awhile,where motorhomes are more designed to pick up and go after a day or so. i like the former and will design my future trips accordingly. You would think after 3 of these a 67 year old man would know by now. Oh well life goes on. One neat thing is my niece in Denver gave Carol a 24" 9.5 pound zuccini that she just stuffed with italian stuff,boy was that good. Looking forward to Reno to meet members.
Bill
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