Sunday, April 10, 2011
McKinney's RV Repair, Red Bay, AL: 3/30-31
We arrived here fairly late in the afternoon, so there was only time to get set up before they all left for the day. They parked us inside their repair building, which looks like an old airplane hangar filled with all sorts of RV parts from lamps to washing machines. This was our first time parked inside a building and it was VERY STRANGE. Still, the cats enjoyed looking out the windows at all the rolls of carpet, RVs in various stages of repair, etc, etc.
The first thing next morning the office manager knocked on our door and said it would take 3 weeks to get a new motor for the slideout. THREE WEEKS? I didn't know they made RV parts on the moon. We gave her another source to try, and she went away. Then a guy came by and said he had found some parts that would fit and that he thought he could rebuild the motor -- "if it was okay with us". OKAY WITH US??? YAY!! In about 2 hours the slide was moving in & out again.
Since they accomplished that task so well, we decided to have them grease our wheel bearings (somewhat overdue) and also get 4 new tires for the trailer (WAY overdue). This took most of Friday. We left a little poorer & considerably happier.
The first thing next morning the office manager knocked on our door and said it would take 3 weeks to get a new motor for the slideout. THREE WEEKS? I didn't know they made RV parts on the moon. We gave her another source to try, and she went away. Then a guy came by and said he had found some parts that would fit and that he thought he could rebuild the motor -- "if it was okay with us". OKAY WITH US??? YAY!! In about 2 hours the slide was moving in & out again.
Since they accomplished that task so well, we decided to have them grease our wheel bearings (somewhat overdue) and also get 4 new tires for the trailer (WAY overdue). This took most of Friday. We left a little poorer & considerably happier.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 7:15 PM 
