To what extent can fiberglass be repaired?

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Originally Posted by TXduo

Looks pretty good from your picture. It's good to know you are back in business and can travel again. I think Coach Specialists did a good fiberglass repair on mine too, and they similarly spent a lot of time arguing with the insurance company insisting on enough funds to "do the job right". In the end, I was also satisfied with the quality of the fiberglass work and paint job. My major complaint with them was killing my batteries and even saying sorry.

Thank you. I am glad to now have the ability to take some trips again. I will say that the delay in starting the job was mostly, if not entirely, on my insurance provider's end. Coach Specialists was ready to get to work long before they actually were able to.

I really hated to hear about your batteries, and I took mine out prior to taking the motorhome there largely as a result of what you had said. I charged them the very first day I put them in the garage, and in the 2+ months since, they dropped less than 0.3 volts each. My contact at CS, after me explaining why there were no house batteries in the vehicle, admitted/agreed that they would likely have died if left there, as he made no bones about the fact that he/they wouldn't be expecting their guys to be making sure that things are plugged in, unplugged when moving, etc. So, yes, absolutely anyone else reading this and potentially needing to have work done there (or elsewhere for that matter) should take that into account.

I actually got a bit of a kick out of the fact that, when the motorhome is ready for pick up, they park it in a row that has electrical hook ups. That is great and all, and appreciated. However, I couldn't help but think of your experience, and how I would have felt had the batteries been left to sit there for 2 months, and then be plugged in on the day I went to pick it up.... I guess, really, the responsibility lies with the RV owner to remove them, go there to run the generator every so often, or, just be fine with knowing that they will likely be ruined. For me, removing them was a no brainer. I live far enough away from the shop that I only went there once in the 2 months that the unit sat there. And I certainly could gather enough to know that I wasn't going to be relying on someone there to be "looking after them".

Ah well.... part of it.