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KeninAZ
Explorer
Feb 02, 2018

Storing an RV other than at home

We have owned many a unit over the years but we cannot store an RV at our current home due to HOA restrictions.
So for the last 1.5 years I have stored it some 8 miles away at some expense of course.
Yesterday I went to pick the unit up and found out that sometime in the last 4-6 weeks my unit was hit on the left rear of the bumper which shifted things forward with damage and was preventing us from opening our genset compartment.
Several hours of work later we can open it and I will have to seal the bent up sheet metal area with sealant to protect it from water.
I know I cannot hold the storage yard responsible but I noted that the guy next to me moved out very recently.
I would really like to know who the clown was with that 40' class A so I could go to his home and get a little justice. :B
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  • KeninAZ's avatar
    KeninAZ
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    nickthehunter wrote:
    Is it possible it could have been damaged the last place you camped? Or when you stopped for a burger on the way home. What kind of hard evidence do you have that this occured in the storage yard?


    No, and what a stupid comment to make.
    The last trip we used it was late April and it's been in storage since.
    And when we go I tow a dolly with our mini van for my wheelchair and it's lift which would make it rather impossible for anything other than a glancing blow to the side with the trailer hooked up as we store it.
    We visit the unit, inspect it thoughly and start it and run things about every 45 days or so. That inspection includes checking tire pressures and walking the exterior of the unit. I also checked he genset last about 4-6 weeks ago and when I picked it up yesterday I found that we could not even open the compartment it was in due to the damage to the frame of the compartment. That's the reason I know when it was damaged.
  • nickthehunter's avatar
    nickthehunter
    Nomad II
    Feb 02, 2018
    Is it possible it could have been damaged the last place you camped? Or when you stopped for a burger on the way home. What kind of hard evidence do you have that this occured in the storage yard?
  • KeninAZ's avatar
    KeninAZ
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    KeninAZ wrote:
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    When I stored my unit in a storage lot I wrote down the license plate number of the unit on either side. Never had a problem, but if I had I would have had a place to start.


    Good idea, I will do that when I get back from this trip.
    But the storage yard has that information too.
    Like I said, do I really want to beat the hell out of the owner if I find his unit damaged?



    Been the rounds with the police on this type of stuff before. All they do is document it for insurance purposes, big deal.
    They are not going to investigate an unwitnessed accident on private property.
    I had a parked car hit on a public street some 25 years ago. The hit and run did well over $1500 worth of damage at the time, $4k now I would think. The police acted like they did not even want to take the report.
    30-40 years ago, maybe, not now.
  • KeninAZ's avatar
    KeninAZ
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    When I stored my unit in a storage lot I wrote down the license plate number of the unit on either side. Never had a problem, but if I had I would have had a place to start.


    Good idea, I will do that when I get back from this trip.
    But the storage yard has that information too.
    Like I said, do I really want to beat the hell out of the owner if I find his unit damaged?
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    GordonThree
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    gbopp wrote:
    Report it to the local police as a hit & run or vandalism?


    x2 sounds like hit and run, failure to report a property damage accident (PDA)
  • Tyler0215's avatar
    Tyler0215
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    When I stored my unit in a storage lot I wrote down the license plate number of the unit on either side. Never had a problem, but if I had I would have had a place to start.
  • KeninAZ's avatar
    KeninAZ
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    Maybe the place has some responsibility, I don't know for sure.
    But my rig is old, and maybe worth say $15k and if it had to go against my insurance I have a $1000 deductible.
    My problem of course is with the guy who hit me with his 150k or more rig and said nothing.
    My rig will not look all that worse and I fixed what I had too.
    Just not really happy with the situation is all.
    Never had to store my rig anywhere but home before and needless to say nothing ever happened at home to the rig.
    At least the damage was little and the rig was not a new one.
  • John_Joey's avatar
    John_Joey
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    FWIW, been told more then once that if a place charges money for parking they are responsible for any damages regardless what the signs may say. This might be a state by state thing also.

    I would turn the damage in to my insurance company. I would also ask about the Class A. I know my BIL caught a post once and never knew it till he parked his rig.
  • gbopp's avatar
    gbopp
    Explorer
    Feb 02, 2018
    Report it to the local police as a hit & run or vandalism?

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