What's your stick(est) wicket?
Mine was in a Lake Tahoe national forest campsite that's so tight that my trailer got caught between a rock and a tree while leaving my slot. No wonder the camp host escorted going against a one-wa...
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1991, going over Wolf Creek pass, west to east. Decided to pull into the scenic overlook located on one of the hair pin turns on the west side of the pass to enjoy the view.
Now here in the mid-west, most scenic overlooks are a loop around the parking area. Not this one. Drive in with parking on one side only.
My issue was we were in a long bed, extended cab truck with a 5th wheel. Fortunately the trailer was only 24 feet or so.
No way to back out onto the highway due to heavy traffic. Soooo, I spent about 15 minutes see-sawing that thing back and forth to get turned around in a parking lot that was maybe 40 feet across in those days. At one time I had the bumper of the trailer into the dirt on the mountain side and the front tire of the truck on the sidewalk. Was so thankful for the long bed (not many sliders back then) so I could get the sharp turn angle.
Still I felt somewhat lucky that there was only 2 other cars in the parking lot to dodge.
Lesson learned, LOOK before you leap.
Now here in the mid-west, most scenic overlooks are a loop around the parking area. Not this one. Drive in with parking on one side only.
My issue was we were in a long bed, extended cab truck with a 5th wheel. Fortunately the trailer was only 24 feet or so.
No way to back out onto the highway due to heavy traffic. Soooo, I spent about 15 minutes see-sawing that thing back and forth to get turned around in a parking lot that was maybe 40 feet across in those days. At one time I had the bumper of the trailer into the dirt on the mountain side and the front tire of the truck on the sidewalk. Was so thankful for the long bed (not many sliders back then) so I could get the sharp turn angle.
Still I felt somewhat lucky that there was only 2 other cars in the parking lot to dodge.
Lesson learned, LOOK before you leap.
