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Blazer Bash 2022 Carnage Thread
- Thread starter r3dd0g
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After 2 weeks in Moab my list was pretty small.
- I cut the tire that I replaced while we were there in the S-10.
- My pre-bent rear driveshaft is significantly more bent now on the S-10
- the A/C control knob on the S-10 broke, we almost called AAA out to Pritchette for a tow, but we decided to risk it and drive it back to camp.
- One of the radius arm bolts on the Silverado got loose and I had to tighten it. I put a weld washer on the other side when it did the same thing a month ago, but I didn't have time to do both. For whatever reason the WFO mount has an 11/16" hole for a 5/8" bolt and it's tough to keep them tight.
Then we drove home... We took a different way home that brought us South on the 191 across the Rez in AZ towards Heber. They were doing construction on all the bridges over the washes, there were 5 that were cut down to 1 lane with the new bridge side wall/k-rail on the right side and a temporary K-rail on the left, each crossing was a single lane with automated stop lights on either side of the bridge to allow traffic in both directions. I made it through the first 3 with no issues, but the 4th one was NARROW, I should have been more careful when the Colorado in front of me slammed on his brakes before crossing but I made the incorrect assumption that it would be at least the minimum 10' lane width and drove slowly (10mphish) across while staying as close as I could to the drivers side... It was not 10' wide and I now have a big scrape down the entire side of my RV and a bent spare tire mount on the trailer...
I opened a complaint with ADOT but I have no idea if anything will come of it. The RV is 8.5' wide for reference and Amber was saying I only had about 6" on my left when I hit so I'd guess it was 9-9.5' wide rather than the 10' minimum. She also said she noticed a lot of scratches on the wall besides the ones I put there. The construction sites were abandoned because it was Saturday and I didn't feel like risking my life to get an accurate measurement on a bridge that was too narrow for just a car much less a car and a person.
- I cut the tire that I replaced while we were there in the S-10.
- My pre-bent rear driveshaft is significantly more bent now on the S-10
- the A/C control knob on the S-10 broke, we almost called AAA out to Pritchette for a tow, but we decided to risk it and drive it back to camp.
- One of the radius arm bolts on the Silverado got loose and I had to tighten it. I put a weld washer on the other side when it did the same thing a month ago, but I didn't have time to do both. For whatever reason the WFO mount has an 11/16" hole for a 5/8" bolt and it's tough to keep them tight.
Then we drove home... We took a different way home that brought us South on the 191 across the Rez in AZ towards Heber. They were doing construction on all the bridges over the washes, there were 5 that were cut down to 1 lane with the new bridge side wall/k-rail on the right side and a temporary K-rail on the left, each crossing was a single lane with automated stop lights on either side of the bridge to allow traffic in both directions. I made it through the first 3 with no issues, but the 4th one was NARROW, I should have been more careful when the Colorado in front of me slammed on his brakes before crossing but I made the incorrect assumption that it would be at least the minimum 10' lane width and drove slowly (10mphish) across while staying as close as I could to the drivers side... It was not 10' wide and I now have a big scrape down the entire side of my RV and a bent spare tire mount on the trailer...
I opened a complaint with ADOT but I have no idea if anything will come of it. The RV is 8.5' wide for reference and Amber was saying I only had about 6" on my left when I hit so I'd guess it was 9-9.5' wide rather than the 10' minimum. She also said she noticed a lot of scratches on the wall besides the ones I put there. The construction sites were abandoned because it was Saturday and I didn't feel like risking my life to get an accurate measurement on a bridge that was too narrow for just a car much less a car and a person.
That sucks about the motorhome. I have done those repairs. Not fun.
On the bright side, ADOT got back to me already. They verified that the bridge was only 9'6" (I still think it was narrower) and said I can file a claim and that I was not the only person that would be filing one.
On the way home through Flagstaff on the highway they had similar situations, they had it down to a single lane with k rail. a few times I thought I got really close but didn't touch it.
That's good at least that you got a quick response.
I didn’t think we would have suffered any carnage to add to this thread, but Eddie almost fooled us. Found this little knuckle sized shot that broke lose some rust in the lower quarter panel.
Rotted out junk, I’ll give ya $500 for it
