This isn't a trick of the photo, this awning is literally over the roadway. I drove under it in just my truck.

Some people shouldn’t be allowed to leave the house!

Turning too tight and taking the stop sign and post out in the Walmart parking lot is pretty effective too. Let’s not go into how I found this technique.

Like my mother used to say "Smart like rubber boot"Looks like the next guy down is sticking out into the roadway too.Triple axel trailer, probably 35 feet or more long. Maybe the sites are meant for shorter rigs but they try to cram a too large rig in a too small spot.My truck wouldn't fit under that awning. With my rack on it, I would run into it.I was trying to get into a very tight CG once and had to get my neighbor to roll his awning in just so I could back in to my spot...

YEP..........good way to get it torn upDid you stop and talk with the folks that the awning could be torn/damaged/ripped from their RV or just post here?Be a helpful neighbor and have a talk....they surely do not KNOW that it is an issue (for whatever reason----stupidity/just not thinking etc)Lack of Communication thread

How to lose an awning | Good Sam Community

21 Replies

dodge_guy
Explorer II
Jan 03, 2020
ksg5000 wrote:
Oasisbob wrote:
The guy may not have seen it from where you did. If it were me I would politely point it out to them. I can see a rig comming in at night and catching that corner.

x2. People make mistakes.

Oh I’m sure they did! They just don’t care or aren’t smart enough to realize the problem.
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Jan 03, 2020
JMO, but all in all the place looks a bit haphazard to me. I don't think I would stay there if I had other options.
ependydad
Explorer
Jan 03, 2020
opnspaces wrote:
Come on, the suspense is killing me. It's morning, is the awning still there? :)

For the folks saying I should have stopped, I would have but we were short on time with dinner reservations and no one was outside. Every other time I've driven past (maybe 2 times), it's been in.

The awning has been out and in a few times. My wife said a motorhome had to drive on the grass to the right to get around it.
opnspaces
Navigator III
Jan 03, 2020
Come on, the suspense is killing me. It's morning, is the awning still there? :)
ksg5000
Explorer II
Jan 03, 2020
Oasisbob wrote:
The guy may not have seen it from where you did. If it were me I would politely point it out to them. I can see a rig comming in at night and catching that corner.

x2. People make mistakes.
Turtle_n_Peeps
Explorer
Jan 03, 2020
This is what "can" happen when you have an electric awning.

5 will get you ten here is what happened.

They pull into a campground and make sure they are clearly within their site. They get all set up with water and electricity and all of that and they get into their trailer and someone pushes the button for the awning. The awning pops out and wala; instant problems! They don't even know they have a problem because they are in their trailer pushing buttons.

That's one thing I don't like about this auto stuff. If you don't double check things you can get into trouble.
Oasisbob
Explorer
Jan 02, 2020
The guy may not have seen it from where you did. If it were me I would politely point it out to them. I can see a rig comming in at night and catching that corner.
Lynnmor
Explorer II
Jan 02, 2020
Wait till he drops the ramp and parks the pair of Harleys behind it.
doxiemom11
Explorer II
Jan 02, 2020
One of those places that say they are big rig friendly, then you get there and it's NOT!
rk911
Explorer
Jan 02, 2020
hope you stopped and warned him.