Hiya Darlin'!
Late last night I discovered I had voicemails. I don't know what's up with that, but ever since I got this new phone, it doesn't seem to notify me very well about voicemails. Anyway, I had one from the trailer place in Chattanooga from Friday, saying they were ready for my trailer either Monday or Tuesday! I thought it would be another week. I wasn't sure what to do, but I woke up around 5:30 and decided I should take it down this morning, so I texted them to let them know I was coming, and got up early to pack up and got. We got caught in rush hour traffic, naturally, but made it down about 8:15. I was hoping for a simple solution, but alas, that was not to be. I waited around for a couple of hours until I got the first bad news. They had to replace everything. Not just the brake assembly, but the hubs and backing plates, essentially everything that fit on the axle, to the tune of about $3100. Not what I wanted to hear. Since they were getting parts in later, I unhooked because I had made an appointment for Lola at Linda's vet to see what could be done about her back leg. I came back to Linda's first since I had some time, and I'm happy to say that it didn't take long to find Flash's lost fly mask, tucked away under a small copse of trees. I killed some time until her appointment, then ran down there for our 2:00. Dr. Lee had to take a couple more x-rays, but clarified that it was, indeed, arthritis that is catching up to her. He told me about a relatively new monthly injection that he thought would be helpful, so he gave her her first monthly shot, and will have more to give me tomorrow, along with some pills to take until the injection kicked in in a couple of weeks. After that, we went to a little Indian restaurant in Cleveland, Naan House, which was more of a take-out place, though there were tables, but it didn't have any charm at all. The food was good, though, and I had enough leftover for another meal. Just after I ordered, I got a call from the trailer place, talked to a new guy that is apparently their Dexter axle expert, and got even more bad news. They tried three different places and none of the parts they had fit, so we're back to the idea that if I want to get my brakes fixed, I have to completely replace the entire axle, and he wasn't even sure if he could get the parts to fit properly. All this time I though I had 7000 lb. axles, turns out they're 8000, so different animal altogether apparently. They evidently used to make a conversion kit, but they don't anymore, it's not available anywhere. I've been doing a little research and will talk to the guy, Russell, again tomorrow, he's going to call Harmar to see if he can get any more info on the specs. Of course, if I need new axles, how were talking $6000 for parts and who knows how much for labor, and it will take 3-4 weeks to get the parts. As it was, he was kind enough to only charge me for an hour of labor, still almost $150, and they put it back together so I could bring it back to Linda's. At least I'll be in my own bed tonight. It's been a frustrating day on many fronts, but who knows? Maybe it will all work out in the end. At least if we can narrow down what we need, if we can't get the parts in time, I should be able to have the trailer place in Florida order them and have them for when I get down there. It's always something. Speaking of, I discovered a leak under my refrigerator, something I fixed awhile back, but is leaking again, so that's another chore on my to do list! Always something! Anyway, after not getting enough sleep last night, I'm ready for an early night, so good night, sweetheart! Love you!
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