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Time To Go Home
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| March
3, 2003
The snow cleared and it was time to bring the trailer
home. Now I had to convert the salvage title back
to a full title. I needed to learn fast. We were
going on our shakedown cruise to Myrtle Beach at
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you create a salvage title in Ohio the title will
always show that it was once salvage. This was OK
with me. I figure if I ever sell it, I'll just show
the pictures. I have no doubt that I could get more
for the trailer now than what the insurance company's
settlement was. It is not leaving the family anyway.
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| The
Highway Patrol operates inspection stations. You
send $50 to Columbus and they send you a coupon
to use at the inspection station. I ran into difficulty
because I could not find a location with an appointment
available before we left for Myrtle Beach. I was
able to get an appointment at a station sixty miles
away. |
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inspection stations deal mostly with autos and motor
cycles. They are concerned that people might use
stolen parts so they want proof of where material
was purchased, serial numbers, receipts. The problem
is that they want to apply the same rules to RV's. |
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is hard to show proof of origin on aluminum purchased
a decade ago and hand made to fit in place. CAYO's
helped us put together as much information as possible
with receipts for as much as we could find. I was
armed to the teeth and ready to go for the inspection. |
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| My
fate was in the hands of a mechanic and a State
Trooper. They made me wait in the lobby while they
inspected the whole trailer inside and out. They
verified the serial numbers and my receipts."You're
all set." "We can't tell where the damage
was". (I decided this was not the place to
show the family photo album).
I walked next door and had the title converted immediately.
I put my license plates back on and called my insurance
agent. The same company that totaled my trailer
a few months earlier now was insuring it again.
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We made it to Myrtle Beach in time. |
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This
is what we awoke to in West Virginia on the way
back home. Driving in that snow is a campfire tale.
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| Other
projects done on this 32S |
The
old furniture and cushions need replacing after
hosting a family of seven. Learn where you can purchase
new furniture with higher quality than the original.
Read More |
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Also,
We
purchase extra material to cover the dinette to
cover other items with matching material. Learn
the method we used. Read
More |
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Once
the furnitre was in and the upholstering was completed
we had to have some carpet to give everything a
fresh finished look.
Read
More |
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We
dumped the old steel wheels and put on a set of
aluminum mod style. They are not duplicates of OEM
Avion aluminum wheels but at first glance they might
fake you out. Read More
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After
17 years my original water pump was delivering almost
no water pressure. It was time for a new pump. Read
More |
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