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Bruce Hart
Messages: 1501
Registered: October 2011
Location: La Grange, Wyoming
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After saying goodby to my step son and his family on Sunday March 30th. My wife and I departed for home. Going through Fort Worth on Hy 287 I noticed the generator light was on. We got through Fort Worth and stopped for gas. I opened the compartment door and saw that I had a frayed alternator belt. Replaced the belt and off we went again. 60 miles down the road a cross wind blew the passenger side hood up. My wife was driving at the time and she pulled over so I could latch it down. Once back in my seat she started to go forward and we heard this loud knocking coming from the engine. We pulled into an abandoned gas station just down the road from where we had pulled over. After a few hours of trying this and that I determine that the knock was coming from a main bearing. It was getting late and had to figure out what the best course of action to take. Got my Black Book out and started looking for someone in the area. No one within 80 miles. Got in touch with Emery and was able to find a previous GMC owner and past member of the GMC Classic Club. I contacted Sid and told him of my situation and he without any hesitation said I could park my GMC on his property until I could return with another motor to swap out. We slept that night on the property of the gas station and called a wrecker the next morning. AAA sent out a semi wrecker to transport us to Sid's place. As the driver position the wrecker in front of the GMC I was questioning his method of how he was going to tow my GMC, explaining if he tries to raise the GMC by the cross member he could damage the radiator or the bumper. His comment was "where there's a will there is a way". Now I was not to happy with this and called triple AAA to explain my concerns. They suggested to call the tow company and talk to someone there. Just as I ready to call, the driver came up to me and asked for me to take a look at how he was going to raise the coach up. He had position two tall forks to grab the frame along the side of the radiator. The forks were tall enough for the main frame of the raising bar of the tow truck to clear radiator and bumper when the GMC was raised. I was satisfied at this and he proceeded to position the forks. He tried for 20 minutes and not satisfied with the results he got out another set of forks that grabbed the cross member and sway bar together. Now we are on our way. Slowly and carefully he drives ahead and gets going down the road. As we got to Sid's place he said he could not make the turn into Sid's driveway. We unlatched the GMC and as the driver approached me to sign the bill he asked me if I wanted to hear a funny story. I said sure. He said that this was the first time that he had driven this rig and it was his first motor home that he has towed. I was dumbfounded and thanked him for doing a great job and he drove off to his next tow- another motor home.
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
1977 28' Kingsley
La Grange, Wyoming
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