Rant: low hanging trees on city streets
Getting around city streets is usually no problem for us. Driving on a street with lots of trees and you can see where larger truck trailers keep the branches trimmed usually around 13 feet 6 inches. ...
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Oakman wrote:
Sorry this happened to you. If you were in an RV park I would agree with you about the trees but curb parking on a city street, I disagree.
What good would a sign do telling you of the low tree branches? You admitted that you could tell the branch was low and your wife guided you into the spot. You simply forgot about the tree branch when you left, that’s on you as far as I’m concerned. We all make mistakes and it’s human nature to want to blame someone or something else for it, but learn from the experience and don’t park on city streets.
I agree and think it's unrealistic to expect city streets to be designed basically for commercial sized 18 wheelers. When towing I realize I'm not a car so I'm always aware of my limitations and if I have the slightest doubt simply don't go there. I have lost count of the number of gas stations that I have passed on where either the layout or dips/slopes of the entrances or exits just cry out AVOID ME!
Even some interstates in major metropolitan areas can be a nail biter with an RV such as downtown Chicago and the freeways roads thru and around NYC. One year just for the heck of it in our yearly trip to Chicago decided to go thru town instead of taking the Tri-State since I went to college right in town and that was a nail biter fighting and watching for all the crazy drivers weaving this way and that getting on and off the freeway and changing lanes like ants forging.
Larry
