Hey all,
Wanted to share a story here for all you FWC owners out there.
I recently bought a used FWC on a Nissan Frontier from a fellow a few hours away from me. I'm on the east coast and had been scouring the web for used ones to save some money...when opportunity came I grabbed it, a 2013 Fleet model that looked and felt brand new.
The plan was to scoop the camper, leave my job, head west for a 3 month road trip while I figure out where I want to settle down. Being an east coast born and raised 24 year old dude with nothing tying me down and some money saved up...it seemed like the time was right. I have always wanted to live out west and also live out of a car and bum around the nations rivers whitewater kayaking and fishing. After doing months of research on everything from old RVs to sprinter vans...I fell in love with the idea of an FWC. And now I finally had one!
Well, 48 hours after I got it...took it to DMV, got plates on the truck and everything was all good to go.
Then it got hit in a home depot parking lot. A guy in a Chevy Econo work van swiped the corner of the camper with his van and tore back the paneling on the back and broke off part of the aluminum frame. Jeez!
Luckily he waited for me to come out of the store. We exchanged insurance info...etc
Tried to get it repaired at a local RV repair place...after a week of having it in there they concluded they wouldn't be able to do it and that Four Wheel pretty much insists on doing the repairs themselves. I was trying to avoid having to send it out to California.
It'll go out to the factory in a couple weeks from Mainline Overland near Philadelphia and will return to me hopefully soon when the repairs are done and when another load of new campers comes back. Insurance just confirmed yesterday that they're paying for everything! The folks at four wheel and mainline have been awesome too...they have been a real help with everything.
So my roadtrip plan got pushed off til spring...no big deal. At first I was worried...bummed, but life is too short for that. I'll stick around save up some more money this winter and start planning my trip. And dreaming about getting my Fleet back!
So when the road throws you a curve ball...just roll with it. It was probably meant to happen this way anyway! Here's to future adventures
