Rookie move.... Again!

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Do you bump your head jumping in the Honda with your red hat on? :B

No, but I did require a change of undergarment. :B

GMandJM wrote:
We all make mistakes, Anmacc. If no one needs medical attention by the end of one of our trips, we consider it a complete success.

That said, a certain someone has forgotten so many times that the water is on outside to fill the tank that we now have a big, bright red designated "water hat" to be worn whenever the fresh water tank is being filled.

And the same person has TWICE unhooked our tow'd vehicle while leaving it in neutral. Once it was no harm/no foul, just a matter of getting in to drive it and saying "Wow...that could have been a problem". The second time I had to jump in and stomp on the brake as it was rolling backward.

Stuff happens. And it happens to all of us.

Do you bump your head jumping in the Honda with your red hat on? :B

This trip we forgot the coffee (OH NO!) so we unhook everything and head into town to get some. A mile down the road someone pulls over to our side blowing their horn and making a "T" with their hands. Took a minute but we finally figured out the TV antenna was up! No damage but talk about rookie, and yes, we had the orange clip-on sign on the handle, still missed it.

We all make mistakes, Anmacc. If no one needs medical attention by the end of one of our trips, we consider it a complete success.

That said, a certain someone has forgotten so many times that the water is on outside to fill the tank that we now have a big, bright red designated "water hat" to be worn whenever the fresh water tank is being filled.

And the same person has TWICE unhooked our tow'd vehicle while leaving it in neutral. Once it was no harm/no foul, just a matter of getting in to drive it and saying "Wow...that could have been a problem". The second time I had to jump in and stomp on the brake as it was rolling backward.

Stuff happens. And it happens to all of us.

Listen, after RVng for forty years and you are still getting the 'wiggle and flash'.....who cares about the rookie mistakes :B

Must have setup over a thousand times but still go to put leveling boards under wheels on the wrong side every once in awhile.

One would think that getting something as basic as that would be automatic without thought by now.

Anmacc2 wrote:


Okay, I've been RVing for forty years!

It's OK to be green, but don't be evergreen!

Just keep working on it..;)

~

I just don't use a propane tank cover so that solves the problem of it blowing off. I just keep the tanks and holder spray painted up nice.

Dog Folks wrote:

pira114 wrote:
Amateur hour as far as mistakes go! Try this one:

One of my favorite spots is very un-level front to back. Front needs to be pretty high to get level. So the ground slopes down towards the truck. See where this is going yet?

Yup, I forgot to chock the wheels. As it was coming off the ball, it started rolling right at me and my wife. We caught the trailer (not really). A 26 footer ain't light, especially a 1987 Wilderness. We both took a good hit, but luckily the truck is what really caught it. Snagged the trailer hitch on the bumper. Chocked the wheels, used a jack to get it back where it belonged, and then looked around to see who was laughing.

Now THAT'S a stupid mistake.

GO one better. True story.

O.K. Here is the rest of the story, but I’m not proud of it.

It was the first summer we were retired maybe our fifth or sixth stop since hitting the road. Now we have been camping on weekends and vacations for over thirty years, and owned 4 travel trailers before this one. So we knew all about full time living. Yeah right. Thinking back on those days my wife and laugh hysterically at how naïve we were.

Pulled into a campground checked in, got our site assigned. Had a long straight back in to the site. Checked it all out before starting in. Well, the site LOOKED level. My wife and I used our radios, got the trailer backed in one swing. Man we are good!

She said I ‘m going inside to set up. I replied that I would set up the outside and unhook. Take safety chains off, Unhook the electrical plug. Jack up tongue to relive pressure on WD bars, and remove. Lower tongue, release latch and raise tongue to dis engage off the ball.

That was when the trouble started. The tongue came off the ball and the trailer started rolling away from the truck, at a pretty good clip, towards the back of the site and a 20 foot drop off.

Know what? You can’t stop an 8,000 pound trailer from rolling by grabbing the tongue and hanging on. The trailer just drags you! Wife is screaming, over and over, from inside: “STOP!” Well, I tried; after all I grabbed the jack didn’t I?

After about ten feet the jack dug into the soft dirt enough to stop the trailer. Wife comes out of the trailer and we had a discussion about why this happened.

Today, when we enter a campsite, I drive and my wife guides me. When the trailer is in position, I am not allowed out of the truck until my wife sets the chocks. I also have to put the truck in neutral first to prove nothing is going to roll.

Oh yeah, the wife now sets up the outside. I do the inside.

I did something very similar.

I had a TT once with a single axle. I unhooked went inside and walked toward the back of the trailer. When I did the front of the trailer came off of the ground and started to roll down the hill toward the lake, WITH ME INSIDE IT.

I ran the the front of the trailer where the door was and that caused the jack to come back down and it dug into the dirt. Thankfully, the park was almost empty and no one saw it happen.

pira114 wrote:
Amateur hour as far as mistakes go! Try this one:

One of my favorite spots is very un-level front to back. Front needs to be pretty high to get level. So the ground slopes down towards the truck. See where this is going yet?

Yup, I forgot to chock the wheels. As it was coming off the ball, it started rolling right at me and my wife. We caught the trailer (not really). A 26 footer ain't light, especially a 1987 Wilderness. We both took a good hit, but luckily the truck is what really caught it. Snagged the trailer hitch on the bumper. Chocked the wheels, used a jack to get it back where it belonged, and then looked around to see who was laughing.

Now THAT'S a stupid mistake.

GO one better. True story.

O.K. Here is the rest of the story, but I’m not proud of it.

It was the first summer we were retired maybe our fifth or sixth stop since hitting the road. Now we have been camping on weekends and vacations for over thirty years, and owned 4 travel trailers before this one. So we knew all about full time living. Yeah right. Thinking back on those days my wife and laugh hysterically at how naïve we were.

Pulled into a campground checked in, got our site assigned. Had a long straight back in to the site. Checked it all out before starting in. Well, the site LOOKED level. My wife and I used our radios, got the trailer backed in one swing. Man we are good!

She said I ‘m going inside to set up. I replied that I would set up the outside and unhook. Take safety chains off, Unhook the electrical plug. Jack up tongue to relive pressure on WD bars, and remove. Lower tongue, release latch and raise tongue to dis engage off the ball.

That was when the trouble started. The tongue came off the ball and the trailer started rolling away from the truck, at a pretty good clip, towards the back of the site and a 20 foot drop off.

Know what? You can’t stop an 8,000 pound trailer from rolling by grabbing the tongue and hanging on. The trailer just drags you! Wife is screaming, over and over, from inside: “STOP!” Well, I tried; after all I grabbed the jack didn’t I?

After about ten feet the jack dug into the soft dirt enough to stop the trailer. Wife comes out of the trailer and we had a discussion about why this happened.

Today, when we enter a campsite, I drive and my wife guides me. When the trailer is in position, I am not allowed out of the truck until my wife sets the chocks. I also have to put the truck in neutral first to prove nothing is going to roll.

Oh yeah, the wife now sets up the outside. I do the inside.