7 June
This morning we packed up the RV and headed out about 0700 hrs to the trailer repair shop. After leaving it there, we headed to the local Dodge dealer to have the truck oil changed. In March a recall had been identified and we thought they might be able to do it here, but the parts were not available so they just did the oil change. Very nice folks at the dealership, gave us a nice discount on the oil change and it was greatly appreciated because diesel oil changes are expensive. The 6.7L Cummins engine takes 12 quarts of oil.
We picked up some lunch and then headed to the local Camping World to kill some time until 2:00pm when the RV was supposed to be done. We arrived back at the trailer repair shop about 1:30pm and they were just finishing up. I cannot say enough good things about these folks. They worked us into an already booked schedule and expedited the repairs so we could be on our way. They straightened the bent spring bracket and welded some reinforcement to strengthen it, then undercoated it to prevent corrosion. They installed four new bronze bushings and four new wet bolts and then greased them. They also did a full inspection on the suspension system and identified a bent leaf spring, so they replaced that also.
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| The leaf spring bracket and shackle with a wet bolt through it on the left side - how it should look! |
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| The bent leaf spring bracket and shackle with no wet bolt on the right side - very bad! |
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| The right side repaired. bracket straightened, reinforcement welded on, new bushing and wet bolt installed, undercoated and greased. |
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| The bent leaf spring they found and replaced. |
So all in all was a good day so far. I was disappointed we had issues with the RV, but considering the miles we have put on and the crappy roads we have traveled, I guess that is to be expected. I am very glad we found the suspension issue while we were here in Ogden/Salt Lake City area since the resources were available to fix it.
We left right from the trailer repair shop and head west on I-80 towards our next stop - Elko NV
The scenery bewteen Salt Lake City and Elko NV was a bit drab but definitely interesting. I had no idea the salt and the salt lake extended as far as it does. Then all of a sudden huge piles of salt - ah, the Morton Company!
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| Lot and lots of salt with the Great Salt Lake in the background. |
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| Salt for as far as the eye can see |
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| The familiar Morton Salt girl |
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| Mounds and mounds of pure white salt! |
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| A mirage - water over the road! Upper 90's today! |
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| some sort of unidentified artwork along the road |
Before entering Nevada we stopped at a rest area and it provided easy access to the Bonneville Salt Flats where the land speed records have been set.
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| Very flat salt surface where vehicles are driven to set speed records. No idea where the water came from on the right side. People were walking around in it |
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| Doreen and Liberty on the salt flats. They do not advise allowing pets to walk on the salt as it can irritate their paws |
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| Panoramic of the salt flats |
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| The Wendover NV airport - used to be the old Wendover Air Force base |
We will be at Ryndon RV Park in Elko NV for two nights and then on to Fallon Naval Air Station FamCamp
That is crazy. I've never seen the salt flats before. Weird but pretty!!
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