Well this weekend while heading to a campground near Indian Creek I dipped my back corner and clipped a rock. It truck the foot of one of the jacks pulling it away from the camper.
So.... What do I do? Do I attempt to repair this on my own or attempt to file an insurance claim with USAA and have a shop do it? I spoke with a shop today and their rough estimate, before doing a formal eval would be somewhere between 2-3k.
This does have a second issue. The bottom stabilizing bracket seems to have had wood rot. Upon basic inspection by me the rear bumper may have to come off as well as the trail light and possibly the side storage hatch to pull back the siding enough to get to all of this.
All of this combined, the service guy estimated 12-15 hours labor over likely a week (mechanic had gone home for the day).
I have a 500$ deductible but insurance may not cover where the wood rot was found. I plan to call the insurance tomorrow and get a quote.
Is repairing this kind of thing that hard and involved? Could I do this with basic wood and mechanic knowledge in a weekend? Or should I just give it to the ship and hope for the best?
Lastly I'm currently planning to be in Salt Lake for a couple of months but this is my primary residence sense I'm touring.
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So.... What do I do? Do I attempt to repair this on my own or attempt to file an insurance claim with USAA and have a shop do it? I spoke with a shop today and their rough estimate, before doing a formal eval would be somewhere between 2-3k.
This does have a second issue. The bottom stabilizing bracket seems to have had wood rot. Upon basic inspection by me the rear bumper may have to come off as well as the trail light and possibly the side storage hatch to pull back the siding enough to get to all of this.
All of this combined, the service guy estimated 12-15 hours labor over likely a week (mechanic had gone home for the day).
I have a 500$ deductible but insurance may not cover where the wood rot was found. I plan to call the insurance tomorrow and get a quote.
Is repairing this kind of thing that hard and involved? Could I do this with basic wood and mechanic knowledge in a weekend? Or should I just give it to the ship and hope for the best?
Lastly I'm currently planning to be in Salt Lake for a couple of months but this is my primary residence sense I'm touring.
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