My wife is blessed , both

[truckinbutch]

of us are .
We have a '96 Chevy conversion van that is her principal transportation . Much driving at interstate speeds in a vehicle with almost 200k miles on it .
2 years ago she took a low speed trip to the grocery store 6 miles away . After shopping she heard a
'BANG' when she climbed in . Left front torsion arm snapped and the body was sitting on the steer tire . Tow and repair . Not nearly as catastrophic as a failure going down the highway at interstate speeds .
She and my daughter made a 200 mile round trip to the Amish country yesterday for canning supplies . Mostly interstate speeds .
This morning she went out and saw that the right torsion arm had snapped during the night while
parked in our drive .
We count our blessings every day .

 

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[FarmerChick]

wow that is scary and luckily it all happened at the most opportune time not to get hurt

 

[bigscoop]

Can you have your wife take a stab at tonight's lottery numbers for me?

 

[truckinbutch]

Can you have your wife take a stab at tonight's lottery numbers for me?

We bought a Powerball ticket this evening .

 

[bigscoop]

Can you have your wife take a stab at tonight's lottery numbers for me?

We bought a Powerball ticket this evening .

 

[poorhunter78]

Can you have your wife take a stab at tonight's lottery numbers for me?

We bought a Powerball ticket this evening .

Glad it happened there and not where ours happened! Hope it aint to bad to git er goin!
You Tell Jaye, If 1 of my 3 tickets hit tonite, I get yuh new vehicles plus. If You hit, well that be up to you! Cause I done got myself in enuff on the trip from town.

 

[gadigger81]

Glad yall are ok!

 

[truckinbutch]

Can you have your wife take a stab at tonight's lottery numbers for me?

We bought a Powerball ticket this evening .

Glad it happened there and not where ours happened! Hope it aint to bad to git er goin!
You Tell Jaye, If 1 of my 3 tickets hit tonite, I get yuh new vehicles plus. If You hit, well that be up to you! Cause I done got myself in enuff on the trip from town.

One hand washes the other , buddy . Gotta wait til Monday to see if Jimmy can fiss it for us . If one of us hits tonight it will be new vehicles all round .

 

[poorhunter78]

Can you have your wife take a stab at tonight's lottery numbers for me?

We bought a Powerball ticket this evening .

Glad it happened there and not where ours happened! Hope it aint to bad to git er goin!
You Tell Jaye, If 1 of my 3 tickets hit tonite, I get yuh new vehicles plus. If You hit, well that be up to you! Cause I done got myself in enuff on the trip from town.

One hand washes the other , buddy . Gotta wait til Monday to see if Jimmy can fiss it for us . If one of us hits tonight it will be new vehicles all round .

Woohoo!!! I past Jim on way in town, He was goin fer a cold 1. I could just sense it by the look on his face! Top of the Line!

 

[Ray S S]

Hello truckinbutch. Yup, with those things happening when they did shows that He was watching
out for their safety.

That is something like what I experienced. Many years ago, we bought a little travel trailer. After
using it a couple of week-ends at some campgrounds about 50 miles away we were planning to
take a trip out to Montana during my vacation. I had 2 weeks paid and asked for an extra week
without pay since things were slow at the time. The trailer had no spare tire so I located a wheel
at a junk yard and tried it on the trailer make sure it fit, then bought a tire to fit it. We took our trip
to Montana and down through Wyoming and Colorado. Several times when stopped for the night
at a campground we would drive around taking in the local sites so by the time we got home, I had
put 3,000 miles on it. About three days after we got home, one trailer tire went flat. When I went
to put the spare on, I discovered that the tire was too thick to fit between the wheel cut-out and the
hub. I was really shocked to find that out. It never dawned on me that the tire would not fit. LOL.
The Good Lord was with us on that trip, for sure, with some of the places we passed, we were
blessed that we had no trouble. And by the way, I was driving a new '69 Chevy Impala pulling
a small travel trailer with just a bumper hitch. You can't do that nowadays with the kind of
bumpers they put on cars.
Ray

 

[truckinbutch]

I hear ya , Ray . Places you traveled through roadside help could have been mighty scarce .

 

[poorhunter78]

Gotta wait til Monday to see if Jimmy can fiss it for us .

Did you get a hold of Jimmy, Jim?

 

[Kiwijohn]

Ummmm....I would have a word with the mechanic that did that first repair, no way should you be
replacing one suspension piece on a vehicle that old, that broke without impact, without doing it's twin.
Glad you are all ok though

 

[truckinbutch]

Ummmm....I would have a word with the mechanic that did that first repair, no way should you be
replacing one suspension piece on a vehicle that old, that broke without impact, without doing it's twin.
Glad you are all ok though

You are correct in what you say . Please don't fault the mechanic . Living on a meagre fixed
income a $500 repair bill is a strain . An additional $500 to fix what isn't broke is out of the question .
Risky decision ? Yes !
The realities of life often dictate taking some risks .

 

[Kiwijohn]

I meant no criticism, of you or the mechanic. Sorry if you took it that way. There is always more to a story than first appears. In a perfect world....well......

 

[birdman]

Always good to give thanks when things could have been bad.

 

[thrillathahunt]

It sounds like your wife has a gaurdian angel.

 

[stefen]

Does this mean that we need to delay our barbeque get-together?

 

[truckinbutch]

Does this mean that we need to delay our barbeque get-together?

Repairs should be completed by tomorrow .