Kingman for the night...and another, and another

Freightliner again

After setting up and sorting out, we un-hooked the tracker to take a quick drive around the neighbourhood, found a pharmacy, coffee shop, restaurant etc. Gillian found a place to walk the dogs, but it wasn't too exciting, just a paved walking trail. At least there was no traffic. The internet in the park wasn't reliable so we found an internet connection at a nearby Starbucks and logged on to catch up a bit.

Next morning as we got ready to go, during the air brake check a loud hisssssssss was heard coming from the area of the right front wheel! Fortunately there was a Freightliner shop not too far away. We phoned, and the service desk suggested that it would be best if they sent a service truck. The mechanic arrive soon and quickly found the culprit--a leak at the right airbag valve. A few wraps of packaging tape and we were holding air pressure, at least enough to get to the shop, a few blocks away.

We loaded the tracker with dogs, water, books and the lap top and headed for Starbucks for a bit more internet, leaving the rig at the shop. We also asked them to check out the temperature gauge and replace the rock guard that we had taken off a few days ago. They promised to call as soon as it was ready.

When we got tired of waiting, after lunch, we called the shop. They had been trying to call but were unable to get through. Art's nephew had been trying to call from Paris and had been unable to get through either. So we went back to the shop to see what was going on. We checked that they had the correct number, they tried while we were there, their phone got a message the we were not available, and our phone didn't ring. Strange.


At the shop we were shown that they had also discovered a bent tie rod. We suspect that it had been like this since we bought the rig, as there had been no change in steering or handling. We decided to replace it anyway, so parts were ordered for tomorrow and we took the rig back to Circle S. to wait, fortunately the weather was nice--except for the wind.


In the morning we returned early to the shop. They would also repair if possible the temperature gauge. So once again we set off to kill time. We were ready to go by early afternoon, the temperature gauge problem they said was a faulty connector at the back of the gauge. It was very windy and we realised it was a bit too late to set off--we didn't want to over night in Vagas, so we decided to grace Kingman with our presence for a third night. This time though we stayed in a different park, The Zuni Campground, just down the street from the Circle S. it seemed bit nicer, and there was a bit more shade.