User Tag List
Results 11 to 17 of 17
Thread: Andersen Levelers Boo Boo
-
11-06-2021, 04:58 PM #11
- Join Date
- Nov 2019
- Posts
- 11
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
This summer we were in a campground it Indiana and we went for a stroll around the loops. We saw a 32+ foot TT parked crooked at the bottom of a hill. The next day we saw a recovery team of sorts trying to hook to the trailer. We asked, and learned that the owner had unhooked without chocks and the trailer had rolled away all the way into a site on the other side of the loop. Sadly the owner was seriously injured, had been taken away by ambulance, and was not expected to return.
I'm glad your mistake was easily corrected and no one was hurt.
-
11-06-2021, 07:41 PM #12
-
11-06-2021, 07:53 PM #13
- Join Date
- Nov 2019
- Location
- S. E. PENNSYLVANIA
- Posts
- 947
- Mentioned
- 16 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
@NewGuy
Had the same thing happen to us years ago with our pop-up camper... Luckily it was at a buddies property and it didn't get to far before the tongue jack finally dug itself into the ground and stopped it.... and thankfully I didn't have a campground full of spectators to witness anything.
Last year I had a full blue Rhino tote tank come off the hitch on my truck on the way to the dump station and roll down an embankment and flip over in a State Park... that was another adventure!Bill & Colleen ~ Schwenksville, Pa
2019 Reflection 337RLS
2006 GMC Sierra 3500 8.1L V-8
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Bags
Front Stabilizer Bar
Rear Anti Sway Bar
-
11-28-2021, 03:47 PM #14
- Join Date
- Dec 2019
- Location
- Gaffney, SC
- Posts
- 1,134
- Mentioned
- 28 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I had a rented boom lift at the house once to paint the exterior. Moved it around (it was on a trailer) with my ATV for a few days, then, moved it to a spot where I could hook up the truck to take it back. It had a wheel on the jack and I just wasn't thinking, I start jacking it up, comes off the ball, and starts right down the hill. I credit myself one smart action in this, I jumped on the thing and put the stabilizers down to stop it. No harm, no foul, although I was white after the whole experience. It was a 30K piece of equipment, and this was as clearly "my fault" as anything could be, just dumb. That would have been a VERY expensive lesson if that thing had wound up at the bottom of the hill.
That said, you guys did get me thinking, I never chock my wheels when we setup; never had a problem, but, just thinking about it, it's certainly possible for the weight of the trailer to pull back before all the jacks come down. I'd think the site would have to be way out of level to overcome the massive amount of friction between the jack and the gravel surface though, right?
-
11-28-2021, 04:02 PM #15
- Join Date
- Jul 2021
- Location
- Platte City, MO
- Posts
- 4,852
- Mentioned
- 62 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
"Massive amount of friction", maybe not massive enough. I never unhook from the truck without chocking the wheels first. If you've never done that and never had any issues, you must stay in really level spots. I put down chocks even when the trailer is perfectly level, just so I don't get out of the habit of doing it. All those times of never having any need can be canceled out with just one Murphy moment.
Howard and Peggy
2019 Momentum 351M, and 2018 RAM Cummins dually 6-speed.
His: 1999 Honda Interceptor
Hers: 2013 Spyder ST-S
-
11-28-2021, 04:14 PM #16
- Join Date
- Dec 2019
- Location
- Gaffney, SC
- Posts
- 1,134
- Mentioned
- 28 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I just ordered a set of chocks.
Never really thought about it before, but this thread may have saved me a really bad trip! I just got 4 of the triangle shaped chocks, I just want something easy I can jam under there; as you said, I do stay in really level spots, but for 50 bucks, seems like real cheap insurance. It's one of those things where the insurance cost vs the possible damage is totally out of whack, it's so cheap to avoid, and so expensive if you do have the trailer roll down the hill or into your truck, no brainer.
Thanks!
-
11-28-2021, 04:26 PM #17
- Join Date
- Jul 2020
- Location
- Tallahassee Fla
- Posts
- 252
- Mentioned
- 7 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I have the Beech levelers but I also use an X chock on both sides. Not so much that i'm paranoid that the trailer will roll away but rather stability. Seems to "wobble" less when we are moving around inside.
Robert and Chris
2021 Imagine XLS 22MLE
2024 2500HD Silverado 6.6L gas
Blue Ox Sway Pro
New Grand Designer Owner to be
Today, 01:11 AM in General Discussion