Repairs Underway....

This morning we loaded up and hit the road for Settle's RV and Truck in Amissville, VA so they could start the repair on our RV. It was just a little over an hour to get there from the campground. Linda, Boomer and I settled in out front while they checked things out.
Didn't take long to find the source of the leak. There are two leaks....one is around the outlet pipe where it connects to the tank itself. If you enlarge this picture, look at the yellow adhesive and you'll see the crack.The other leak is in the corner of the tank. It's not a hairline crack but a pretty good sized tear in the corner. You can see it really well in this picture. The big surprise when the guys removed the underbelly was that the straps, that should be holding the grey water tank, had both broken. There were only two of them, which doesn't sound like enough for the amount of weight these tanks carry. The guys said the only thing holding the grey tank in place was the lip on the metal support bracket. Scary, huh ? They plan on putting more straps on both tanks to make sure they are firmly in place. They have ordered a new black tank and the related parts but it doesn't sound like it will arrive till end of next week. In the meantime, Linda and I drove up to Chambersburg, PA and are staying at her family homestead. Her niece, who rents the house, is currently in Florida on vacation and won't be back till next week.

We are on hold for new assignments till our rig gets fixed. We purchased a service contract for our rig a short while ago so now we'll get to see how good it is. We have a $50 deductible and the rest of the repair should be covered by the contract. All of our training is done now so our next assignment will let us put all of this training to work. Guess we'll have to wait a week before that can happen so we'll just hang out here, in Chambersburg, till the repairs are done.