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temccarthy1
Dec 05, 2017Explorer
Back in the mid 80's we had a Coleman PUP . On our first year, we camped at a lake in Ohio near a large Amusement park and I made the mistake of unhooking my (only 1000 lb) camper from the car to roll it into position at the site. Unfortunately I was on an incline, it started down the hill toward the lake with me trying to hold onto the tongue! It gained speed, pulled me onto my back under the tongue and dragged me down the hill at least 75 ft . Would have rolled right into the lake except that there was a small tree in my path thank God! The back of the camper hit the tree squarely and stopped! We used that camper for 30 more years with that big dent in the back aluminum cover of the PUP and learned the hard way to back into position and chock the wheels BEFORE unhooking!
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