Disappointed

Well, shucks.  It's looking more and more like we are not going to be able to take our planned Alaska roadtrip this year.  Hunny has been working non-stop on Scrappy and has everything done, EXCEPT the leveling jacks.  They will not come down.  He purchased a new control module thinking that was the problem.  He got that installed and lo and behold, the jacks still won't come down. 

The next item on the trouble shoot list is the jack pump.  He's been out under the rig trying to figure out why that won't work.  He has finally decided that the pump just isn't picking up the hydraulic fluid for whatever reason.  Soooooo,

We can purchase 4 hydraulic bottle jacks and pack a bunch of 2 x 6 boards for the trip.  This would mean that every time we stop for the night, he would have to put boards and a bottle jack under each of the 4 existing jacks.  It would be a tad more tedious than just pressing a button from inside the coach.  On the other hand, it would also be tremendously more economic since each bottle jack runs about $20 (x 4 for a total of $80) vs. the cost of a new jack pump for Scrappy at $900.

Going this route would at least get us on the road for our trip.  The few extra things that Hunny needs to get done are hook up the propane stove and oven in the rig, remount the toilet and get it reconnected to the water lines, and fix the gas line to the gas tank.  I think that's it.  There are a few cabinet drawers missing but those can be either made from scratch or ordered from another salvage location. 

At any rate, this Scrap Heap seems be saying she's not quite ready for a long haul trip.  So, we'll do what we can, put our trip on hold, get some new tires, and hopefully do our Louisiana history trip around the state or something for the month of July.