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Thread: Epic Rookie RVer Fails !!!!
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04-24-2020, 09:26 AM #171
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04-29-2020, 06:17 AM #172
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Newbie here and just discovered this thread and read all 171 post.
Thanks to you all for your honesty and for this abs workout. Some of the post had me laughing so hard my abs got soar.
And a big thank you to @WhittleBurner for sharing your story. That one was not funny and my eyes where like a deer in front of headlights while I was reading it. Real glad you guys are now OK. It refreshed my memory of the dangers. I've already told DW that I wont be moving unless I see and hear her. That was real scary.
We havent picked up our official first TT yet because of the virus. Signed the papers to a 2020 22MLE just before COVID-19 hit and things locked down but we are really looking forward.
I'm now a little scared after reading all this. Hopefully I'll remember all of it.Steph & Lise
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04-29-2020, 09:06 AM #173
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Seems I, (and now the wife as posted in a different thread) are always hurting ourselves more that the rig or mother nature. But we are not done camping yet, still have plenty of opportunities to screw up!
But is like inevitable, banging my head on the bedroom slide, scraping my hands on the wheel well sharp openings, walking or standing up into the 5er pin box. Or with our old TT banging my chins on the receiver hitch. I've pinched my fingers in door hinges and the like. Seems I always need a couple boxes of band aids when we go camping or I work on the rig. Wife says I should just cut myself right off, get it over with and then start to work. Of course she has joined my club now, I remind her, don't fall off the truck tailgate again!Steve & Tami Cass - Escapee's, FMCA Members, Texas Fulltimers Since July 2020
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04-29-2020, 10:14 AM #174
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Brian & Kellie
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05-01-2020, 11:13 AM #175
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Finally got around to reading this thread and like others, all of the posts. Some of these things scare the you know what out of me and to one couple a serious life threatening injury! Hopefully all of this will make me more cautious. I have had bumper pulls since '93 and so far have been very lucky but having just purchased our first 5th wheel in August I am scared more now than ever!! But, my rookie mistakes weren't so rookie. It's being over confident or not paying attention in my case. Thank goodness that these are minor.
After spending the night somewhere in Colorado or NM heading back to AZ in our bumper pull, I did my walk around. Made sure everything looked "good", piled in and took off. 300 miles later I am getting gas and getting ready to head out, did my walk around, (am I blind?), when another customer walks up to me and says my trailer plug is not plugged in! (I always unplug the trailer from my TV when parked for the night). What?!?! No biggie, go to plug it back in and it has been dragging on the ground for a few hundred miles. Ground it off at an amazing angle taking out the running lights and brake lights. Brake power was still intact! Not having another Bargman plug to make a repair and being "close" to home we certainly couldn't stop at a local hardware or auto store for a new plug, plugged it in the best I could; drove faster than I should have to get back home before nightfall. Made it. Just barley. I look back on that, the speed I was traveling to make it back before dark and just think to myslef, as Stimpy used to always say to Ren, "Ren, You Idiot".
Another plug issue.... missed a turn where I wanted to check out an overnight camp spot off a lonely highway in Colorado. Made a nice sharp U-turn and never did notice all the trailer lights going off! Unplugged the trailer connect and what was left of the cable that was cut in half! Pinched by the tongue and ball and then pulled. Next morning spent quite a while splicing those wires with electrical tape that thankfully I carried back then. It was an amazingly tight U-turn. I was pretty amazed I made it and didn't hit the rear quarter panel of the truck against the trailer!
I now carry an extra plug, splice connectors, wire, every tool known to man! And now with a GD 5th wheel, that I've only hooked up a couple of times... I am fearful. But being older I am more cautious but more forgetful.
One last thought... the wife... helping you back up! LOL! My wife over reacts.. A LOT! I can be 20 feet from an obstacle and she's yelling away. My neighbors actually enjoyed the show! I need to get her the pillow shown in a previous post! And I ALWAYS have to remind her, through out the backing process, if you can't see me, I can't see you! Oh me!
Be safe you guys!!!
JohnLast edited by JohnJCES; 05-01-2020 at 11:23 AM. Reason: Spelling... added thoughts!
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06-04-2020, 04:04 PM #176
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I thought it was just me. Last Friday, May 29, 2020..... Dealer pulls our brand new 344GK-R out to their overnight campground for our test drive of the trailer. My first EXPENSIVE trailer. Sales guys are there, watching me set up. Plug in juice, hook up water. Open front door, lower stairs, climb up, open controls door, find front slide out button, press for the very first time. Everything is fine for 10 seconds then... SNAP, CRACKLE awful noise. They thought the slide out hit something. Nope. The bottom desk drawer at back of of trailer had slid open. Drawer and slider fascia destroyed.
To their credit, the salesmen immediately accepted responsibility for not having closed the drawer properly. Just waiting on parts. Which seems to be a popular pastime with owning an RV.
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06-04-2020, 07:42 PM #177
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Second day out with trailer on first weekend. We were working during the week and enjoying the weekends as we moved along.
Got to the next campground, beautiful cement pad. We got it all leveled off and I did a walk around to make sure we had clearance, no problem. Wife starts to run out the big slide, then BANG! I yell, what the %$## was that? Wife yells back, "the fascia just popped off the slide on the back". I ask her to go look again.
The black computer bag had slid off the back couch and was leaning up against the far side of the slide. That is one tough HP laptop, it pulled out the screws on the fascia. No issues with laptop at all.
Had to wait until I got home to my air nailer to finish putting the boards back on. Looks pretty good, a few of the nail holes are more noticeable, but it is fine.2015 Ford F350 6.7L TurboDiesel, Crew Cab, short bed SRW, 4x4, Lariat
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06-04-2020, 10:05 PM #178
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Wish my MacBook was that tough.
QUOTE=Juiceman;298826]Second day out with trailer on first weekend. We were working during the week and enjoying the weekends as we moved along.
Got to the next campground, beautiful cement pad. We got it all leveled off and I did a walk around to make sure we had clearance, no problem. Wife starts to run out the big slide, then BANG! I yell, what the %$## was that? Wife yells back, "the fascia just popped off the slide on the back". I ask her to go look again.
The black computer bag had slid off the back couch and was leaning up against the far side of the slide. That is one tough HP laptop, it pulled out the screws on the fascia. No issues with laptop at all.
Had to wait until I got home to my air nailer to finish putting the boards back on. Looks pretty good, a few of the nail holes are more noticeable, but it is fine.[/QUOTE]2021 GD 344GK-R
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07-19-2020, 10:22 AM #179
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HMM, where to begin? Should I start with opening my sewage drain after filling the tank, not checking if the valve was closed? Or putting the wrong amount of amps into the 30amp outlet installed at my house? or the time I forgot to lock the clip in place on the hitch before driving 100 miles? I have more . . .
lolEd & Kaitlin
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07-19-2020, 10:31 AM #180
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I snapped off the door in my desk when I opened the slide for the first time ever. Apparently this is an issue on the 2670MK because I watched a video of a couple do the exact same thing.
Ed & Kaitlin
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