Watching people hookup

[JFlightRisk]

I'm happy if I can back the trailer into the site and maybe jockey a time or two to get it as level side-to-side as I can. The DW lets me know when that is...or not.

Sometimes my response to something I did that was dumb is "I meant to do that". She knows better....

[Jagiven]

Campiright now. Last night a guy pulled in the site over from us, as I was cooking dinner outside. It was fun to watch. DW never got out until the tt was fully leveled wheel chocked, stabilizers down. Took him 6 trys. Never pulled forwards enough, turned the wheels for the truck to enter the site, but the trailer went the other way.

[Pauls72]

I generally let people struggle on their own. A couple of times where the wife was really messing up trying to help the husband back in, I did go help.

We did watch a couple with a brand new truck and travel trailer leave the trailer on the hitch and the stabilizer bars hooked up. He pulled the pin on the hitch and then pulled the hitch out of the receiver with every thing still attached. Then he took everything apart. I offered some guidance, but he said that's the way the dealer taught him. It was real fun watching him hitch up the next day.

I use an battery powered drill for the stabilizers. Fairly quiet, have it set so it doesn't ratchet. We live at the end of a dead end street, so I've become very good at backing up.

[OldMan-Keith]

Originally Posted by Etsee

Arriving at our destination mid afternoon is always our goal. Then after we are set up and situated, grab a cool one and watch the fun begin. Typically, we are quite entertained watching some hilarious antics and gyrations as others arrive and attempt to set up.

Learned a long time ago.....don't say a word....and don't offer help or advice.

Our first trip, was a long weekend with good friends, and some of their relatives.

When I got to the site, I checked the layout of the site, and all of the people we were going to be with, came over and sat on the site next to ours, with one guy saying, “I’m just here, to laugh!”

I pulled forward, then started backing in our Jayco 32BH.
I got the TT in place on the first attempt.

That same guy asked if I had experience with trailers.

“Andy. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut, every once in a while!”

[Lake Huron]

It seems the ones that have the most issues are the ones with tt's. Not saying people with 5er's don't, but they are all fun to watch. I'm not a pro by any means but a majority of the time I can get mine in on the first try with a small forward adjustment and finish it off into its place. The bigger your rig the more people want to watch. Kind of like watching a NASCAR race, you just know there is gonna be a spectacular wreck at some point. Lol!
I had one instance we had like 4 people watch us come in and a lady said "this should be entertaining.". I told her don't bother to sit down because it's gonna be pretty boring. Nailed it first try. Had to thread it between a vehicle parked close to the road and a tree on our site.
Another time I had to make a sharp left turn to go down a site road and the guy on the corner told his buddy he wasn't moving anything on his site for me. It was all parked close to the road edge vehicles, boat, etc. I could have done it, but he was a jerk and standing right next to his stuff on the road. I simply backed up to the previous road and drove down it the wrong way to our site which was the 3rd from that end anyway. Don't worry, buddy, I'll still get to my site. Problem solved.
If someone is coming in or out next or across from us, I'll move my vehicle or whatever they need. If things get real tight I'll help out on what they need. I actually had one lady not even attempt to back her trailer on her site next to us and asked me if I could do it for her. She said she wasn't very good at it and knew her limitations and this particular site was beyond that.

[FPM III]

Originally Posted by CAG

All of this is why I am now in a cabin on 1.5 acres with a fireplace, all of the things we had at home, for the entire summer. No set up, no problems with water tanks, black tanks, electric system, neighbors 10 feet away or barking dogs. The elk bark some but I can deal with that.

Yes we pay a bit more but that is ok because we earned it.

We’re “permanent campers” and describe our “campsite” in this manner:

“It’s a 64 foot, two piece “travel trailer” permanently parked on a two acre campsite with full hookups that’s surrounded by forest”.

When we enter our “campsite” it’s like driving into a loop at a forested state park. The boundary of the closest real state park to us, Ohiopyle State Park, is just walking distance away. On the state park map that the park provides, we can mark an “X” on it where we live. Ohiopyle State Park is one of Pennsylvania’s largest, 20,633 acres, and receives over a million visitors annually.