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Alabama Petro Service (NOT)
We are here, how long, not sure. We will be here until Aug 31 unless Hurricane Dean should change our minds. Have already decided we are not going to Rockville, Tx to see the hummingbirds. They have probably all become water logged anyway. :-) We didn't get into Toomsuba, MS until 7:30 last night. We sat on I59/I20 for three hours waiting on service truck. At about the 65 to 66 mile marker we blew a tire on the RV. 
Called the insurance company about 1:22. They started calling and trying to find a business in Tuscaloosa, AL to come out and change the tire. They called back and could only find one person in Tuscaloosa who could change a tire on a 5th wheel RV. That person would only do it for cash, no checks, no debit card, etc. Only cold hard cash. Well, I don't carry $250 in cash with me when traveling. May have to rethink that for sure. They finally did find some one. A Petro truck center up close to Birmingham who could do it. They wouldn't take the purchase order from them, so I had to pay them and then be reimbursed by the ins co. They could not take the card at the site, so after getting the tire changed, had to drive back to the Petro, pay them and then on the road again. Had to go to Exit 62 to turn around and drive back to the Petro at Exit 100. To make matters even worse, it took them and hour and half to get there. After the ins co called them, they called me and got information. Said they would be right on their way. Hour passed and still no one. Called them. THEY HAD NOT LEFT YET.. So would be on way right away. Told them hoped it would not be like the "right way" like the one an hour ago. To them with the temp in the high 90s I was getting even hotter setting there because they had not left or even bothered to call me. On top of all that, when the tire blew, it damaged the RV. 
Not suppose to be a bare spot over where the blown tire is. Now not only do I need to get another tire, but need to find a repair shop to get the RV repaired. I think will wait until we leave here to get the damages repaired. Don't want it in the shop if Dean should decide to start this way, which I am afraid that he might. Will definite try to find tire as soon as I can so I won't have to evacuate without a spare.
Called the insurance company about 1:22. They started calling and trying to find a business in Tuscaloosa, AL to come out and change the tire. They called back and could only find one person in Tuscaloosa who could change a tire on a 5th wheel RV. That person would only do it for cash, no checks, no debit card, etc. Only cold hard cash. Well, I don't carry $250 in cash with me when traveling. May have to rethink that for sure. They finally did find some one. A Petro truck center up close to Birmingham who could do it. They wouldn't take the purchase order from them, so I had to pay them and then be reimbursed by the ins co. They could not take the card at the site, so after getting the tire changed, had to drive back to the Petro, pay them and then on the road again. Had to go to Exit 62 to turn around and drive back to the Petro at Exit 100. To make matters even worse, it took them and hour and half to get there. After the ins co called them, they called me and got information. Said they would be right on their way. Hour passed and still no one. Called them. THEY HAD NOT LEFT YET.. So would be on way right away. Told them hoped it would not be like the "right way" like the one an hour ago. To them with the temp in the high 90s I was getting even hotter setting there because they had not left or even bothered to call me. On top of all that, when the tire blew, it damaged the RV. 
Not suppose to be a bare spot over where the blown tire is. Now not only do I need to get another tire, but need to find a repair shop to get the RV repaired. I think will wait until we leave here to get the damages repaired. Don't want it in the shop if Dean should decide to start this way, which I am afraid that he might. Will definite try to find tire as soon as I can so I won't have to evacuate without a spare. 
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