Today we had to be at the factory between 7:30am and 8am. Did I mention we are now in the Eastern time zone? This means we had to get up at 4am pre-daylight savings Central time! Well, it was 6am Eastern, so that we could get ready and have the free breakfast at the hotel. There was a light dusting and some snow flurries, but not enough to cause issues with the roads. Temps were below freezing now! Glad Mammoth is winterized.
We drove about 2 miles over to where we were told to meet the factory representative. John met us and asked us to follow him to the building where the work would be completed. We are in an industrial area, near the airport, and nearly every other building has a Heartland logo on it! We dropped off the Mammoth and said our good-byes, telling ourselves and facebook friends, "she's off to the spa for a makeover".
Dropping off Mammoth for her spa treatment
We then drove around to look at the other Heartland Buildings, including where the corporate offices are located. We then drove by a building that said, "Dually Depot" and decided to stop in and see what was there. Well, we ended up purchasing an auxiliary fuel tank for the truck. This tank can hold up to 115 gallons of diesel. It has a pump that pulls the fuel from the tank into the OEM tank, and can be transferring while driving. We had been looking at these tanks for a while, and Dually Depot had a previously used tank of theirs for sale. They made us a really good deal, so we decided to have the install completed right then. It took a little bit longer than we anticipated due to a parts delivery delay, but once cleaned up and installed, you'd barely know it was a used tank. All of the installation parts for the hoses, pump and filter are new. We should now be able to travel about 3.5 times further before needing to add fuel. This helps so that we aren't a slave to searching for the nearest diesel truckstop, and we can be more selective on price when purchasing fuel.
After the tank install we went to lunch and then over to RV Nation, a local parts and surplus store. We picked out a replacement outdoor speaker since we noticed one of Mammoth's was damaged just before our trip. They looked and did not have them in stock. They said they could have it on Wednesday, so we went ahead and asked for them to order two, since we would not have to pay for shipping and the price seemed pretty good. This place has a lot of the normal RV parts, but also some new RV furniture and even some tires. Also, in the back, a lot of salvaged items. Need a slightly used-looking black tank, anyone? They had a few. The folks here at RV Nation were very helpful and friendly.
This building looks like it might have been an old Circuit City. Notice the flurries!
Inside RV Parts Nation, just a small area of their offerings
After that, we headed back to the hotel. we were up way to early, so we decided to take a nap. After the nap I did some work, then we went to eat dinner at Texas Road House, since we had a gift card. It is still cold and flurries are blowing by. Tomorrow's high is going to be in the 20s!
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