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09-04-2013, 08:18 PM
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That's embarassing, I wouldn't know where to put myself if that happened to me. I hope you were wearing flip flops. I'll definitely watch out for that one NHcamper.
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10-08-2013, 04:01 PM
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Mine was actually this weekend, our maiden voyage... And DW got one too!
Hers was leaving a jug of water in a milk crate in the way of the slide while running it out. Popped a couple pieces of trim off. I was able to tap them back on well enough, no permanent damage.
Mine was leaving for our first trip without checking the tire pressure (the dealer checked that right? WRONG!). I towed the whole trip thinking it was too hard on the truck, but I was towing into a pretty strong head wind so didn't really get too worried. On the way home it was just as bad, and was still towing into the wind. I was formulating the discussion with DW about getting a bigger truck. Got it in the driveway and checked the tires, and the LEAST under inflated tire was 10 lbs low!
Seriously!! ALWAYS check the tires!! I knew better, but it happened anyway...
I'm sure there will be more...
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12-07-2013, 07:15 PM
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Time for some more bonehead reports.
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12-07-2013, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Crabman
Time for some more bonehead reports.
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Two months now. I'm thinking they found a cure for boneheadness.
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12-08-2013, 01:09 AM
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I guess I'll bite.
1) Maiden voyage, and we forgot the leveling blocks. I decide we can move forward a couple feet, and won't need them. Move forward, and hear scraping. I had trusted my wife to put the stabs up on the passenger side. Apparently she didn't think they had to go all the way up just to move it a little. Miffed about the bent stab, I go inside to put the slide out, and hear cracking. Apparently my 6 yr old had left the bunk ladder out. It pulled a piece of trim off that I fixed with the finish stapler, and wood glue when we got back.
3) Leaving from home in a hurry, because I want to get to the dealership before they close. I pull to the end of our street, and make the left onto the 11% grade going down the hill(we live on the benches). I notice the trailer is really pushing on me, and the brake controller says no connection. Work the truck down to 1st gear with clever brake work, and make it to the bottom of the half mile hill without killing anyone. Pull over, and the 7-pin is barely inserted into the receptacle.
4) Rushing out to a campsite on BLM land with zero lights, pavement, or amenities for our last trip before winter storage. It starts raining about half way there. I don't want to send my wife out to spot in the cold rain, and I don't even notice an 8' juniper bush on my side. 10' scar on the driver's side, and got a $900 quote to fix it. Will probably have it fixed next year before we take it out the first time. I'm embarrassed every time I see it.
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12-08-2013, 04:26 PM
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Nothing to report YET - we're new to camping so I'm sure they're coming. I must say though, checklists have grown after reading through these.
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12-08-2013, 04:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robkelly
Nothing to report YET - we're new to camping so I'm sure they're coming. I must say though, checklists have grown after reading through these.
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Yes, you can be sure there coming but hopefully just minor ones. Something to chuckle about later.
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12-09-2013, 08:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigbird
Two months now. I'm thinking they found a cure for boneheadness.
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Nope, there's no cure for bonehead, must be just the season slowing down...
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12-12-2013, 11:15 AM
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My boneheaded moment is this. We were driving around in the Olympic peninsula in Washington state near the ocean. I had a 2004 Jayco JayFlight 29BHS (about 36' long) and a 2004 Chevrolet 1 ton Silverado long box crew cab 4x4 pickup truck. I turned down a narrow road and ended up on the beach! I stopped on the hard pan before the pavement ended. The wind was blowing hard and my DW didn't want to get out to help me back out. I could have backed out the entry road eventually but that wasn't doable without help. So my plan was to drive straight onto the beach wet sand and then swing around right back onto the road. Well I got turned around fine and got within 25' of the road and sunk my truck up to the axles in the sand! The trailer tires sunk in but not up to the axles. At first I figured that I would put a few boards under the tires to get out. No luck. A bunch of people in 4x4s had collected around me spectating as I tried to figure out what to do. BTW no one offered to help! Finally I decided to disconnect the trailer from the truck and get the truck out and try to figure out what to do then. As soon as I disconnected the trailer the truck easily came out of the hole I dug. I backed the truck onto large boards I had in the bed of the truck and then reconnected. I cranked up the WD bars very tight but the trailer was still stuck. Finally a family was driving by in a 4x4 and stopped to help me. He had shovels and came and helped me dig out the trailer tires. Mind you the tide was coming in at this point and was actually washing under the trailer but not up to the tires yet! My new plan was to back the trailer up without getting it into the surf to allow me to get the truck onto hard sand. That worked and I was able to get off the beach! I drove to the nearest town and spent over an hour pressure washing the truck and trailer off because the sand was everywhere! It would have been fine if I had jackknifed the trailer onto the beach but still kept the truck on hard sand but that would have required some help. Oh well at least only my ego was damaged!
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12-12-2013, 12:38 PM
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Wow, msturtz, that was quite the adventure!
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12-12-2013, 02:29 PM
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Unforgettable for sure.
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12-12-2013, 06:39 PM
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Mine happed on our 4th or 5th time out in the new TT. I had backed onto the leveling blocks at a site with a small downhill slope and started to level with the jack. I had the TT unchained from the TV. As I raised the TT to level it, it slid back about 8 inches, pushing the plastic chock blocks in the gravel. The jack foot dropped off the 5" retaining block I use and hit the ground with a nice thud...luckily there was no damage but I had to change my shorts. I'm going to invest in some x-chocks in the spring.
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12-12-2013, 10:56 PM
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Lent my truck to someone to use when I had a 2000 designer fith wheel and a slide in hitch. We went out camping the next time and I failed to see the locking pins were not in place on the hitch we made it a block and a half intel the hitch slipped back and ruined the tail gate. Always double check all hitch hardware.
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12-13-2013, 05:59 AM
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Whenever I read this thread I am continually reminded I am not alone in this........It is somewhat comforting!
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12-13-2013, 08:07 AM
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Many years ago while in Rome NY at a KOA campground i was setting up the tent on the tent site and hammered the tent peg into the water line that ran through the middle on the tent site. what a nice stream of water shooting from the ground into the air. whom ever thought of putting a water line through the middle of a tent site, probably someone that did not tent camp.
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12-17-2013, 11:13 AM
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My father-in-law was hooking up at a CG and didn't realize that the pvc water supply wasn't strapped to the rebar behind it. He twisted a little too hard on the hose and Ka-Pow!! It blew the hat off his head and shot water 20 feet into the air. Panicked, he grabbed a 5-gallon bucket to cover the pipe. He dropped it on and let go - BOOM! The bucket went flying over the roof of his trailer. He's soaking wet now, ran for it, grabbed the bucket and a large rock. Covered the pvc pipe and plopped the rock on top of the bucket. Took the CG staff about 10 minutes to shut the water off and by then everything was soaked!
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12-17-2013, 12:02 PM
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my bonehead move was not replacing the tires on my camper before driving to ga. had a blow out on the trailer on I 75 not fun, how ever I had a spare.
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12-17-2013, 12:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueHaul
My father-in-law was hooking up at a CG and didn't realize that the pvc water supply wasn't strapped to the rebar behind it. He twisted a little too hard on the hose and Ka-Pow!! It blew the hat off his head and shot water 20 feet into the air. Panicked, he grabbed a 5-gallon bucket to cover the pipe. He dropped it on and let go - BOOM! The bucket went flying over the roof of his trailer. He's soaking wet now, ran for it, grabbed the bucket and a large rock. Covered the pvc pipe and plopped the rock on top of the bucket. Took the CG staff about 10 minutes to shut the water off and by then everything was soaked!
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I would like to have seen that one.....
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12-17-2013, 11:57 PM
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First trip in our 2011 Eagle 365BHS I mistakenly hooked the fresh water hose to the black tank flush out. Spent probably 15-20 minutes setting everything up on the outside when the wife, who was arranging things inside asked when I was going to hook the water up. Could hear water running but for the life of me could not figure out why nothing was coming out of the faucets. Another 5-10 minutes goes by when I hear the toilet gurgling. Like an idiot, I depress the foot flush, and as you might have figured, a volcano like gusher erupts from the toilet. Completely soaked me, the ceiling, floor and pretty much the entire bathroom. Fortunately, we had not yet used it, and still to this day we get a good chuckle every time it gets brought up.
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12-18-2013, 06:29 AM
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Thank God it was just your first dry run. Well sort of anyway. lol
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