May 13, 2013 - Gaffeny, SC

5/11/thru 5/13 we left on Saturday morning and drove 600 miles to Gaffney, SC where we had an appointment at the Freightliner Factory Service for our yearly maintenance. Several years ago 500 to 600 miles in one day was a normal drive, 800 to 900 was the long drive, but these days we prefer a more leisurely 200 to 300 miles. It’s nice to know that the short distance drives are by choice, not necessity. We have visited Gaffney many times in the past and know our exit off I-85 is where the giant peach is. This time we really looked at the...

Mar 27, 2013 - Leaving Gaffney, SC

We’ve had a good time in Gaffney, SC. The first two days, I attended Camp Freightliner, which is a course offered by Freightliner Custom Chassis to customers who own a Freightliner Chassis. The course is designed to provide detailed information about the chassis including descriptions of all of the key systems and location of the various components. Documentation, both written and on CD, is provided that is excellent to keep on hand. . After the first day of class, Freightliner organized dinner for everyone attending the class and their...

Mar 24, 2013 - Gaffney, SC

Savannah was a great place to visit. . Friday, a group of us took a trolley tour of downtown Savannah. Unfortunately the trolley itself had clear plastic windows that didn’t work for picture taking. The group stopped for lunch at the Pirate House. After lunch we walked through a town park, stopping at the Vietnam Memorial, and then walked to the River Walk area, where we caught a Trolley back to the Welcome Center. . Saturday, a few of us toured the National Museum of the Might Eighth Air Force. Besides covering the history of the Might...

Oct 9, 2012 - Chimney Rock State Park & Gaffney, SC

Saturday morning we left Franklin, NC and headed over to Flat Rock, NC to spend the night there and visit Chimney Rock State Park. The plan was to stay at a park just off of I-26 called Park Place RV Resort……Bull shit. The jackass that owns this park “Doesn’t Have A Clue” on what an RV Resort is or should be. First off, there was no one running the place. After spending over a half an hour trying to find a site that had the electricity working, I said the hell with this and went in search of another park. We found a park about two miles...

Apr 24, 2012 - Freightliner Chassis in Gaffney, SC

A couple hundred more miles northward and we have arrived in Gaffney, SC. We spent last night at the Freightliner Chassis Service Center where we have a 50-amp electrical hookup. Today the See Ya went in for its annual maintenance that includes various filter and fluid changes. We also asked them to check the front tires (both have flat spots) and the engine air conditioning (less cold than before). While they worked on the motorhome we headed north and east of town about 15 miles to Kings Mountain State Park. The park adjoins a national...

Apr 20, 2012 - Gaffney, SC - Spartanburg/Gaffney KOA

Our trip from Columbia to Gaffney, SC was 104 miles in light to heavy rain that prevented any pictures of the trip. We are staying at the Spartanburg/Gaffney KOA about four miles North of Gaffney. We have a full-hookup, 50 amps site with a clear view to the satellite, a very good Verizon coverage as well as decent WiFi from KOA. Gaffney is the home of Freightliner Custom Chassis which is the maker for about half of the diesel motor homes made in the US. That includes the Mothership. We are in Gaffney so that I can learn a lot more about...

Feb 27, 2012 - Gaffney, SC

On the 25th, we waited for the chair to be delivered and got propane, then we were on the road for a 90-mile drive to Gaffney, SC. We went to the Freightliner company, who built the motor home chassis, to have new air bags installed. And, they solved another couple of small problems. Because the job couldn't be completed in one day, we had a little time to explore. We had heard of a local diner that had been on a food channel show. We went there for lunch and it was a dive. Why it was chosen to be on TV, I don't know. Clark did have good...

Sep 17, 2011 - Gaffney for Maintenance

A driving day.......rolled out about 8 o'clock, which was the equivalent of 9 since we'll lose an hour today as we go into eastern time. The traffic through Atlanta was just ghastly...we wonder where everyone was going at 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning........ There was a detour right as we needed to exit for I-85. Luckily, we were able to navigate our way through and soon we left the mayhem of Saturday morning in Atlanta in the rear-view mirror, or camera in our case. We made a couple of stops to get Foxy out but basically we didn't...

Sep 8, 2011 - Gaffney, South Carolina

On the 6th, we woke up to a heavy, heavy rain, which changed our plans for the day. It was time to leave the Lynchburg area and we had planned to drive west to get on the Blue Ridge Parkway and drive south on it for awhile. We didn’t want to drive on a two-lane, no shoulder, mountainous road in the rain and fog. Instead, we headed south the most direct way to our next destination. Freightliner builds its custom chassis in Gaffney, SC, and they have a repair facility there, which only services motor homes. We have a lot of miles on this rig...

Apr 17, 2011 - Gaffney, SC

Sun, 17 Apr: An easy 197 miles took us from Heiskell to Gaffney. We used I75, I40, I26, and finally I85, all interstate which is not our normal practice. This was, however, was the most direct and easiest way to thread our way through the mountains that seem to dominate these parts. Carpe performed admirably taking the majority of the upgrades in second overdrive while the exhaust brake kept our speed under control on the downhill portions of the drive. We arrived at the Gaffney KOA campground shortly after noon and got settled into our...

Nov 2, 2010 - Camp Freightliner

As I had mentioned in my last blog I would post about how things went at Camp Freightliner. Well to give you an idea of how grueling that two day class was, I just came dragging my Higher Educated Ass in the door at 7:40 pm. Oh yeah, started at 8:00am. Two tough long day’s but I’m damn glad I went because I learned quite a lot about my motor home, thought I new a fair amount but more never hurts. The instructor, Mike Cody did a terrific job covering a ton of information on a total of five different freightliner chassis. We had twenty two...

Oct 21, 2010 - Gaffney, SC

The Freightliner Mfg. plant in Gaffney, SC has a service center with an area for motorhomes to park and hook up to electric. Since it is on our way to Myrtle Beach, we decided to stop there and get a lube and oil change. We were told to just drop in and they would put us on the list for work. Arrived there on Sunday, found a spot and stayed until Thursday. They didn’t get to us until Wednesday afternoon. This was fine with us since we were not on any fixed schedule and the weather was to be hot and sunny all week. Met some nice folks and...