I had a
plan. In April I sat down with pencil
and paper and brainstormed. Then I came
up with a plan. I worked at my plan to
make it better and once that happened I began to put my plan into motion. I was on a roll. Nothing could stop me now. Or could it?
We’ve
had a situation come up and now we are looking at creating Plan B. I didn’t have a Plan B in place because,
honestly, I didn’t think I’d need one.
Now I do.
At the
end of May my father kindly took my trailer up to his house and installed a new
axle and springs on it for me. I very
much appreciated his ability and willingness to do this for me. However, when he delivered the trailer back
to me it was sitting significantly higher than it used to.
The original
axle is no longer available for my trailer.
I called and it just isn’t. So
the decision was made to install a replacement, which is completely fine and
correctly installed. It just won’t work
with my current vehicle. My pickup sits
too close to the ground. The trailer
used to but no longer does. With its
current set up it isn’t safe for me to tow it with my truck.
After
visiting three different shops in the area to see if there was anything we can do
to get it lowered I am left with the same answer. “Um, no.”
I can have a replacement axle built the same as the old one but it is
horribly expensive and will mean a two to three week delay. If I had a full sized truck or drove an SUV
or 4X4 I’d be fine. Most people prefer
their trailers up higher anyway.
Right
now a new vehicle really isn’t in the cards.
There are many good reasons for me to keep my truck – it economical to
operate, has low miles, is in excellent shape and the biggest is that it is
paid for.
Plan B
will not include the trailer and means we won’t get to do the travelling we had
hoped to do. It also means we won’t get
to take our time and check out the many different places we wanted to consider
to live in. Quite frankly, without the
trailer we are talking an entirely different plan altogether.
Now I
just need to come up with Plan B.
I'm sorry, that stinks! Or maybe not, I hope you can come up with a great plan B.
ReplyDeleteIt does stink! But we were obviously meant to travel a different path. It will be fine. :)
DeleteHopefully this is just a minor bump in the road to your travels.
ReplyDeleteWe'll just change gears a little bit and make it work.
DeleteSorry about the issue with the trailer.
ReplyDeleteRhonda
I'm beginning to think it will be better this way. Not exactly what I had planned but not the worst thing either. :)
DeleteThings usually happen for a reason. We may never know what that reason is...........but perhaps you will be lead on a much more exciting, fulfilling journey. Just keep positive and watchful. ---S---
ReplyDeleteI've been blessed with great friends to help me sort it all out and come up with a new plan. I am truly a lucky girl!
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