what not to do before leaving on a trip

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Seems like the couple should at least get some if not all of their money back.

WHY?

Tequila wrote:
I am leafing a Mexican caravan in just over a week. One of the customers decided to wash & polish his rig and fell off the ladder & broke his heel. Pins & screws time. I suspect his wife is miffed to say the least. Moral of the stoy is don't climb up on your rig if you are over 55, or leaving on trip you had planned for a year, especially if you never took out cancelation insurance.

I fell off mine about 10 years back, I was lucky, just knocked the ind out of myself.

Doesn't have to be a ladder or very high. Maybe just clumsy, I fell off my tailgate when loading just before a trip. Still made trip though. I've got the worlds record for driving with cruise control. WA state to CT. In town I had a string to operate gas pedal. Swelling or pain really didn't go down, saw a DR when we got to CT 5 days later. Turns out I broke my ankle. One of the most painful things I ever experienced.

Seems like the couple should at least get some if not all of their money back.

Ladders are inherently dangerous at any age.

I was doing some painting on my house a few years ago and began to climb down a cheap, A-frame aluminum 6 footer. The ladder shifted and I fell from about 3 feet up a broke my tib/fib. I suspect I landed on my window well lip but, man that was a long recovery!

I bought one of the newer, sturdier "giant" knock-offs and I've been on the roof of my TT and house several time since. We were supposed to attend a wedding in Chicago the week after and luckily Amtrak refunded our money.