My Maintenance Schedule has stripped a gear...

[jgillott]

Friend of mine had an e-brake lockup while he was on the interstate at 80mph, hes ripped of everything on this side.
And no, he didn't forget the brake or pushed it bu accident. It just happened...

Wow. That's crazy. I'm thankful that ours happened in the driveway. Couldn't ask for a better place for a failure.

 

[mwilson]

Most of us want to “ retire” on a lake and your looking forward to moving off one. Do you know something we don’t?

Here are two more factors in our decision to leave up here..

1) Three active floors here, one floor at the new house. Gettin older....

2) This happened Tuesday morning ...... big storm Monday afternoon, dumped a foot of snow in the local area. Neighbor up the road needed to go to local hospital for an infusion, wife could not get him out of the house. She called for an Ambulance to come get him. We had no idea any of this was going on..
Watched one Ambulance go in beyond us...Plow guy comes in the meantime and we send him up to make sure road is clear. Pretty quick we hear sirens and a second Ambulance comes, ask if they turn in our driveway and back in as first Ambo is STUCK....
They back up the road and then a wrecker shows up to fetch the first Ambo....
It’s not a place for oldsters...

 

[DavidC]

When I went on that 14 Month stint to Vermont I was in a 27' travel trailer right across the street from lake Champlain in the dead of winter. I still remember the wind coming across the frozen lake, talk about flash frozen that was me. I had plywood skirting that helped some but it was quite the experience. Of course that was a record snow fall that year (17') if I remember right so a lot of drifting. I was in my late 40's at the time so I could kind of deal with it. At 64 now it would have been a nightmare. When we moved in the house the snow was a pain but much warmer than next to the lake, we did spend a fortune on propane tho. The house was approx. 1/4 mile back off the main road which required hiring a plow to clear a path to the house. I think I will shovel this Sun shine for a while, at least till late April when the Sun will melt the shovel and anything else in the area.

Dave

 

[Wayne M.]

Here are two more factors in our decision to leave up here..

1) Three active floors here, one floor at the new house. Gettin older....

2) This happened Tuesday morning ...... big storm Monday afternoon, dumped a foot of snow in the local area. Neighbor up the road needed to go to local hospital for an infusion, wife could not get him out of the house. She called for an Ambulance to come get him. We had no idea any of this was going on..
Watched one Ambulance go in beyond us...Plow guy comes in the meantime and we send him up to make sure road is clear. Pretty quick we hear sirens and a second Ambulance comes, ask if they turn in our driveway and back in as first Ambo is STUCK....
They back up the road and then a wrecker shows up to fetch the first Ambo....
It’s not a place for oldsters...

Mike, that’s my secondary consideration for my next house. First is the space I desire, then location to needed places like healthcare. A friend’s retirement home is in the wilds of NE Penna. he knows it’ll be an airlift to pocono medical if he has a heart attack.

 

[jgillott]

Here are two more factors in our decision to leave up here..

1) Three active floors here, one floor at the new house. Gettin older....

I can't tell you how important this is as we get older. When we first started to care for my mother 9 years ago, she still did OK with the stairs in our home. By the 2nd or 3rd year, we ended up buying the ranch style house up the road since everything was on one floor. By now, we would not be able to care for her at this point if it wasn't for having everything open and easily accessed. Even something like the width of doorways and the ability to get a wheelchair through is extremely important.

 

[jhenderson]

Thanks fellas. Another dream shot to hell.

 

[DavidC]

Thanks fellas. Another dream shot to hell.

Just helping you out for when your to old to make a decision. Let's see now Beach house or nursing home

 

[JR]

Just helping you out for when your to old to make a decision. Let's see now Beach house or nursing home

I'd opt for the beach house. Nursing home too expensive.

 

[jhenderson]

The problem is mike is my age and already planning for his eventual deterioration. I promised my wife I’d get a real job by the age of 40, yet I’m still doing exactly what I want every day. Now you guys are shoving reality at me. I’d really rather continue with my blinders on til it’s too late. Next someone going to point out it’s time to behave like an adult.

 

[Bill Lins]

it’s time to behave like an adult.

DON'T DO IT! It's a TRAP!

 

[jgillott]

Update on my rear axle problem on our 2010 1500. As I suspected, driver's side rear parking brake pad dislodged and jammed inside the rotor. Waiting on the hardware to come sometime tomorrow and will be doing new rotors and pads at the same time.

 

[Wayne M.]

Believe it or not, that’s been happening a lot with the big trucks at work. Only they don’t jam the rotor, they just fall out onto the road

 

[jgillott]

Believe it or not, that’s been happening a lot with the big trucks at work. Only they don’t jam the rotor, they just fall out onto the road

Salt causing the corrosion?

 

[TFucili]

That beats the heck out of a grenaded diff.

 

[jgillott]

That beats the heck out of a grenaded diff.

Agreed. My wallet is much happier at this news.

 

[Wayne M.]

Salt causing the corrosion?

No, when they went to air disc brake, the first pad we used didn’t last 2000 miles.

 

[jgillott]

Just for your viewing pleasure.........what salt and road brine do to parking brake shoes.

Everything including the parking brake hardware, new rotors, new pads, and the tow $400. Not going to complain.

 

[DavidC]

Now that's just nasty. How many winters before this happened ? Never mind I see it's a 2010

 

[JR]

Now that's just nasty. How many winters before this happened ? Never mind I see it's a 2010

My 14 rotors aren't much better.

 

[jgillott]

Now that's just nasty. How many winters before this happened ? Never mind I see it's a 2010

Those parking brake shoes were original. The cable broke in 2013 and was replaced under warranty. I replaced the rear rotors in 2015 when I did the pads the last time.