Reluctantly, I am back in the UK, en route to Portugal. I had a testing journey from Ireland, with a mechanical issue that has become dangerous. It’s been lurking in the background since I got the Mothership and the pick-up truck, two and half years ago. But no-one was prepared to take responsibility for solving the problem, and I was pushed from pillar to post with Merc saying the truck was fine and the manufacturer of the rig saying it was fine. So, I bore the stress of the issue, trying various workarounds. However, on returning to ‘Mothership HQ’ last week for a service (the rig, not me!), I insisted that they take ownership of the problem, as I bought both the truck and the trailer from them, so it was irrelevant where the problem lay, though it was now clear it wasn’t the truck. After several days of testing, the consensus was that a fix had been reached, so I set off on the long journey from North Wales to Herefordshire.
Needs must! (blog)
Needs must! (blog)
Needs must! (blog)
Reluctantly, I am back in the UK, en route to Portugal. I had a testing journey from Ireland, with a mechanical issue that has become dangerous. It’s been lurking in the background since I got the Mothership and the pick-up truck, two and half years ago. But no-one was prepared to take responsibility for solving the problem, and I was pushed from pillar to post with Merc saying the truck was fine and the manufacturer of the rig saying it was fine. So, I bore the stress of the issue, trying various workarounds. However, on returning to ‘Mothership HQ’ last week for a service (the rig, not me!), I insisted that they take ownership of the problem, as I bought both the truck and the trailer from them, so it was irrelevant where the problem lay, though it was now clear it wasn’t the truck. After several days of testing, the consensus was that a fix had been reached, so I set off on the long journey from North Wales to Herefordshire.