Small mistakes can make big problems
Think you're having a bad day? I bet these people have you beat?
So I was setting up my travel trailer last night and as I was hooking everything up a young guy comes up to me and says "excuse me sir, I'm having a problem and was wondering if you could help me?" I said sure, what's up? He said he was new to RVing and he was having a problem as water was coming out of his toilet. I said what? He said "water was overflowing out of his toilet."
I thought he was yanking my chain until I looked about 4 spaces down the road and sure enough, gallons of water was pouring out of the underbelly of this brand new class C!!!
I went into panic mode and screamed at him to turn the water off NOW. We both ran over to his MH and he turned the water off.
Black water ( read, sewer water for you new RVers) continued to pour out of this new MH. I nelt down and found the black water valve and I opened it and out came a lot of water into the sewer drain.
I explained that he left the black water sprayer on and did not open the black water drain valve and that filled up the black tank until it was so full it overflowed into the MH.
I gave this guy a little more advice and I walked off numb. I wanted to cry I felt so bad for this young family. He explained to me he just wanted to have the perfect vacation for his family and now it was ruined.
The lesson of the day is if you are new to RVing and don't know your systems please learn before you go out on an outing. Small mistakes can turn into big problems.
So I was setting up my travel trailer last night and as I was hooking everything up a young guy comes up to me and says "excuse me sir, I'm having a problem and was wondering if you could help me?" I said sure, what's up? He said he was new to RVing and he was having a problem as water was coming out of his toilet. I said what? He said "water was overflowing out of his toilet."
I thought he was yanking my chain until I looked about 4 spaces down the road and sure enough, gallons of water was pouring out of the underbelly of this brand new class C!!!
I went into panic mode and screamed at him to turn the water off NOW. We both ran over to his MH and he turned the water off.
Black water ( read, sewer water for you new RVers) continued to pour out of this new MH. I nelt down and found the black water valve and I opened it and out came a lot of water into the sewer drain.
I explained that he left the black water sprayer on and did not open the black water drain valve and that filled up the black tank until it was so full it overflowed into the MH.
I gave this guy a little more advice and I walked off numb. I wanted to cry I felt so bad for this young family. He explained to me he just wanted to have the perfect vacation for his family and now it was ruined.
The lesson of the day is if you are new to RVing and don't know your systems please learn before you go out on an outing. Small mistakes can turn into big problems.
