A Report On Our Home

We left the BoggsMobile at East Tennessee Luxury Coach and Jeff Rowe while we were in Nigeria. The bus is in good hands there and it needed a few things while it was being cared for so well.

The first thing on the list was four new tires on the drive axle. The existing four tires were installed on June 1, 2016, and had rolled 114,964 miles. Nearly 7.5 years for these tires is plenty long enough.

The two tires on the front were replaced two months ago and the two tires on the tag axle should be replaced in May. That will take care of all of the tires on the BoggsMobile for a while.

One of the other major items was redesigning the area behind the front door. We enter through the mid door and the front door has been storage for nearly 29 years and we have always wanted steps there.

This is as far as they could go with the time we had. 

That is an amazing change!

We want to incorporate some storage into the steps in some fashion and then cover them of course. The bus door also needs a way to open it and lock it from the inside. All of that will come in good time.

Another item cropped up while we were away. This is the shift pad for the Allison Transmission on the bus.

I have had trouble with the shift pad a few times in the past. There were occasions, in extremely cold weather when it was difficult to operate properly. I would have to push the button numerous times to get it into gear.

This problem was rare and it had been working fine the last couple of years. I knew it would eventually have to be replaced, but for now it was fine. While we were gone, Jeff needed to move the bus into the shop and it would not shift. It finally shifted into Reverse and would not shift again.

Unfortunately, there are no new shift pads available. Thankfully, there are companies rebuilding them and Jeff was able to get a rebuilt one. It is unbelievable how easy it is to shift the transmission with the new shift pad.

I am so thankful the shift pad quit at Jeff's shop rather than on a travel day on the side of the road or at a truck stop or rest area.

Each morning I was eating fresh eggs supplied by Jeff from his chickens. Yummy! That is a bonus.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy