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Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #25 –
I'm back from the Mothership. Vince was terrific!

Almost all of the lower body panels on the driver's side will have to be replaced and possibly the lower storage compartment at the back and a new mudflap in front of the duallys (sp?). A new black tank will be installed (this time without the insulating foam of the original). I'll have to leave my LD with them for a while since they are so busy (maybe a couple of months) but that's okay. As long as I can get out by August 4th (before I have to pay for another month of RV storage), I'll be happy. While it is being repaired I will also have them reseal my roof (which I knew I would have to do soon per the inspection).

I still have to wait for the insurance inspector do his/her thing but Vince says he's had good dealings with Progressive.

Vince was also kind enough to show how to use some features on the RV (how to use the Kwikee leveling jacks and how to lubricate the entry step) and even how to adjust the shelves in the pantry (I could not figure out how to move the little white tabs for the life of me).

There really is a silver lining to this little cloud. :-)
My wheels:
2003 MB
2012 Jeep Liberty
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #26 –
Such good news.  Once your Rig is repaired and ready, you're going to be mighty pleased as you drive down the road.  And your LD couldn't be in better hands.  Overall, a big well done on a difficult situation ... and a silver lining to boot!  Finally, thank you for the following report.
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #27 –
Debinvenice,
Are you calling Vince a silver lining?  Come to think of it,  that's not a bad description.
Joel & Terry Wiley
dog Zeke
2013  31 IB   Orwan   / 2011 CRV Tow'd LWEROVE
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #28 –
"Almost all of the lower body panels on the driver's side will have to be replaced..."

Perhaps at this point in time what I'm about to say need not be said... however
do not crowd: 1. Gas Pumps 2. Sign Posts 3. Curbs 4. Bollards, 5. Trees, etc.. Give everything a wide berth and please take Joan's advice of G.O.A.L.   ::)   ;)
Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Cedar
2004 30'IB (Island Bed)
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery
Live for the day!
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #29 –
Quote from: Lazy Bones  - 
"Almost all of the lower body panels on the driver's side will have to be replaced..."

Perhaps at this point in time what I'm about to say need not be said... however
do not crowd: 1. Gas Pumps 2. Sign Posts 3. Curbs 4. Bollards, 5. Trees, etc.. Give everything a wide berth and please take Joan's advice of G.O.A.L.  ::)  ;)

Sadly we all have bad driving habits we have picked up over the years.   Most of the time the world is forgiving but sometimes not.   IMHO nothing replaces a professional driving school but short of that .....

https://youtu.be/4CeThR_A4VI
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It's all good .......
2014 Twin King
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #30 –
. . . and remember your overhead clearances!

        Karen~Liam
           98 ~ MB
             NinA

    The dreaded bridge video for your enjoyment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USu8vT_tfdw
1998 ~ MB  WanderDaze
previously a 1984 Winnebago itaska- The Road Warrior, before that several VW Buses and before that a 1965 Chrysler Convertible Newport or our 1969 Chrysler La Barron with an ice box and a couple sleeping bags
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #31 –
Quote from: colddog  - 
IMHO nothing replaces a professional driving school but short of that .....

https://youtu.be/4CeThR_A4VI

Or a little closer to home:   School locations – Click on map icon to see the town & date availability |...
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #32 –
I've lined up my brother, a retired fire captain used to driving big fire trucks to help me practice. Also, an RVing friend who tows a big trailer will work with me as well.
My wheels:
2003 MB
2012 Jeep Liberty
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #33 –
I agree with taking an RV driving course; it's not inexpensive, and the "school" locations may not be particularly convenient, but an experienced, knowledgeable instructor can have a very positive impact on one's confidence, and the "road savvy" a new RVer can gain is worth the cost of the instruction.

I had driven large vehicles on the ranch, pulled a tent trailer through western Canada, and had a small class C before I took delivery of the LD in 2003. But even the little 24' was wider, higher, and longer than most vehicles I had driven; I figured that I could always learn some new tricks, so I signed up with what was then Dick Reed's RV School before I left SoCal. (The school is in operation, but under different ownership; the link to "RV School" is given in a previous post.)

My instructor was a retired OTR trucker with over 2 million accident-free miles; for two days, four hours a day, I drove my new rig over L.A. freeways, through tight residential streets, into and out of gas stations, parking lots, and wherever John Ward, the instructor, a very brave and patient man, directed me to go. I learned to maneuver safely through cones, judge distances and heights and lane widths, how to use my mirrors, "center" the rig in the lane, how to brake, how to use the gears when climbing and descending, and so many other things that I can't quantify or even remember learning; I do them automatically. I learned to drive "15 seconds ahead" (and behind, and to each side), and the critical importance of the mantra GOAL! (Yes, I did ignore that one a couple of times; it was stupid, and the results were predictable.  :( )

I learned that knowing the height, length, and width of one's rig is critical, that even a short rear overhang like the 24" has can "swing and smack", that it takes a much longer time to stop (and control and/or maneuver) a heavy vehicle than a light one, particularly if one is driving too fast or following too closely,  that driving on the top half of the tank is a real good plan, and that driving beyond one's skill level is not.  ;)

At the end of the instruction, John Ward told me to start racking up the miles, because I could go anywhere! I took him at his word!  ;) 
2003 TK has a new home
 
Re: Lazy Daze vs Arco Gas Pump Barrier...
Reply #34 –

If I may two tips.....
1. I have the heights, widths, and lengths  of my LD taped to the windshield.    <smile>  this old brain isn't as fast as it was in my early years.  
2. We carry Traffic Cones.  Comes in handy when needing a backing up point to aim at.   
OK one more .....
3.  When in any doubt STOP.   Then GOAL.   Any remember you are driving the RV not the other person in the other car/truck/rv.   And who cares what that person thinks you don't know them anyway.  They will get over it or not who cares. 

glen

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It's all good .......
2014 Twin King