The Aftermath - Settling with UHaul and taking stock

5/1/20

As soon as we got back, we got in touch with the local UHaul place that had botched the installation job of our brake controller and plugs so badly. Lynn went in with the repair invoice from John's RV and they paid it back to her without comment or pushback. After we had vented all the way back to NC about their massive fuckup, it was a little anticlimactic, it took all the wind out of our vengeance. We did not try to ruin them on Yelp. So, buyer beware, but also, complain. Eventually they'll hire someone decent if they lose too much money.

The next few weeks we got used to the big silver thing in the driveway and tended to pandemic issues and learning how to operate in the new world. But we started to take stock of what we had gotten into right away.

As I said last post, the Argosy didn't fit under our awning so it was stuck on an incline in the driveway, making it a little tipsy to do anything productive inside. It was also open to the weather, and in the sun, so HOT inside during the afternoon. We went through all the parts and tools that we inherited, put up shelving in the garage and started moving things out of the trailer. 

Here are some of our first photos of the state of her:

The underside looks generally intact, around the jacks. We found some junky cuts and repairs around the black water pipe outlet but no photos of that yet. There's some rust that's concerning, but we'll need to get a better look to be sure.

The stove is rusted out underneath the cover. Not sure yet if we'll keep it.

Someone has pulled out the front gaucho and the subfloor beneath it, along with some of the skin. They left a newer water tank and started to put a new city water outlet in front, unfinished as well. The frame up here looks to be in good shape! Notice the bright light along the bottom corner, it's a fiberglass patch.  

Here's the outside view of the fiberglass patch, rather shabbily done. The previous owner had bought some banana wrap bumpers to cover that area, and we got them with the trailer, but we plan to get that panel redone in aluminum. 

Last problem area we saw was the steel endcap in back is badly rusted. I'm sure there will be sanding in our future. 

More photos next time, while we think about what we want to do first!