We've been at this fulltiming thing now in our 14th year. Given that we've been in close proximity, even boondocking, close to someone for at least half of that time, what's up with the slamming?Slamming RV doors. Slamming car/truck doors. Slamming outside cabinet doors. Slamming Motorcycle compartments (yep 20+ times in the last 3 days). I don't get it. ALL of those entities can be closed quietly without disturbing anyone. I can close the door to my F-250 without making a discernible noise 2' away.Do you all just want attention or do you just not get that this could conceivably bother other people?Please think and stop it!

Sometimes an RV that is off level (or rather slightly torqaued) the door needs to be closed more firmly.Some of them due to the design tend to slam. I can close mine silently if I have to but slamming them, truly slamming them, damages the el-cheapo metal lock bolts so I don't do that, I have had to rebuild too many of the locks.

I agree - some people just don't realize they don't have to slam. We especially find that tenters slam a lot. Everything stored in the truck or car comes out and goes back in accompanied by a slam. At one CG we were in very close proximity to an RV with slammers - we went to the ranger station to ask when they were leaving - if they were staying more than 2 nights we were hoping to move.A group of deaf people used to live across the road from my MIL. Every time we visited we'd hear all this slamming of doors (cars, house) from over there. They didn't hear it, but we did.

My wife is a slammer. For 35 years I have done every thing short of assault to get her to not do it. All attempts at correction have failed. I have learned to just duck my head and cringe.

Pitch, same here been married for 35 years DW always slam's the car doors and the house door. I have changed the lock-set on the house 3 times, she destroys them. I can say this because she doesn't go on this web site.

That's why we live in the country, no trains, no busses, no slammer. If we want noise we go camping.

Slammers | Good Sam Community

bucky
Explorer II
Nov 13, 2014
Something told me I should read all 4 pages of this, and it was right. Very funny people have posted, I've enjoyed it. Much better than the how to merge thread that went a stupid number of pages recently.
jeepfreak
Explorer
Nov 12, 2014
while were at it , what about the people with 5th wheels that leave there drivers side flood light on and leave or go to bed. Those things really ruin my smokey campfire.
Jim_Shoe
Explorer
Nov 12, 2014
I just never hear it. Probably because I have the A/C running on high and the TV turned up enough to drown out the noise from the A/C. :)
2012Coleman
Explorer II
Nov 12, 2014
cbconway wrote:
portscanner wrote:
2012Coleman wrote:
portscanner wrote:
DRM796 wrote:
I like green eggs and slams!!

do you like it in a boat? Do you like it with a goat?

Do you do it in the dark? Do you do it on a lark?

Do you do it in an RV Park?

Do you do it unrulely? Do you do it with your Dually?

Do you like it with a weasel? In the bed of your diesel?

Do you do it before breakfast? Do you do it after lunch? Do you do it so much that your neighbors hate you a bunch?

Have you tried it? Would you try? If you did, you would like it I bet. And then you wouldn't have to complain aboout it on RV.net!
bigwheelsturnin
Explorer
Nov 12, 2014
I have to slam the frozen biscuits..hash browns...yeast rolls on the counter...if that don't work..I take them outside to slam against a tree..
But..I don't hafta worrying about anyone but the owls hearing it..we are in the wilderness..not a parking lot.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Nov 12, 2014
Maybe it is not so much about the noise but when it happens & the frequency of it happening. Late at night or very early in the morning all sounds seem amplified. It does get irritating when you are trying to sleep & those around you have little consideration about the noise they make.
hotbyte
Explorer
Nov 11, 2014
That was very inconsiderate of him to drop only 1 boot!

Or, maybe he dropped them both at the same exact time from the same exact height???
bhh
Explorer
Nov 11, 2014
The last time we went out, I couldn't sleep all night. The guy in the next RV dropped his boot on the floor. BAM. I kept awake all night waiting for the other boot to drop.
cbconway
Explorer
Nov 10, 2014
portscanner wrote:
2012Coleman wrote:
portscanner wrote:
DRM796 wrote:
I like green eggs and slams!!

do you like it in a boat? Do you like it with a goat?

Do you do it in the dark? Do you do it on a lark?

Do you do it in an RV Park?

Do you do it unrulely? Do you do it with your Dually?

Do you like it with a weasel? In the bed of your diesel?
portscanner
Explorer
Nov 10, 2014
2012Coleman wrote:
portscanner wrote:
DRM796 wrote:
I like green eggs and slams!!

do you like it in a boat? Do you like it with a goat?

Do you do it in the dark? Do you do it on a lark?

Do you do it in an RV Park?

Do you do it unrulely? Do you do it with your Dually?