A Bigfoot bites it

Photomike, I am not certain about BF's but on boats the joint is usually stronger than the hull or the deck... the joints are mostly likely glued with a sealant then glass/resin taped to make it watertight, thus it become strong...now that is in a good boat. Cheap boats are glued with sealant and then a flimsy rub rail is pop riveted on the joint on the outside...nasty leak prone and not strong, but probably stronger than the rest...so I am not surprised the joints held is my point! But you may be correct! JMHO!!

That is why I have an all welded alloy boat!

Propane detector inop or missing.... and occupants nose inop...
Regardless, this Bigfoot camper is going to leak.

Back in the 90's a tree fell on a BF camper, an RV.net member... The camper was taken to the BF Mfg plant and the whole top of the camper was replaced... Think the cost was about 10K

Jim

A number of years ago we were camped in Wells Grey park in central British Columbia. An elderly neighboring man in a truck camper put on a percolator coffee pot in the morning to make coffee and went out to prepare his boat to go fishing for the day. He forgot about the coffee pot and went off fishing.
Several hours later he returned. Being a heavy smoker, he lit a cigarette and headed for his campsite. Fortunately he stopped to talk with some other campers. He finished his cigarette and looked for another before heading back to his camper. He was out of cigarettes so he returned to his camper.
When he opened the door, he was almost overcome by the propane fumes that had filled the camper. The coffee pot had boiled over in the morning and put out the flame on the burner, leaving the propane to escape filling the camper with the gas. He said that he was very lucky, as he almost always had a cigarette going and would very likely have had one going then if he hadn't run out.
Luckily as well, none of the other possible ignition sources in the camper ignited the propane, as that would have been a huge explosion.

I know this is serious, and I am very glad the occupant is ok.

That being said, these are some funny posts!

Just a reminder that the LP/CO detectors in our campers need to be replaced occasionally...

Glad the occupant appears to have come through relatively unscathed. Though I suspect he's likely to be hearing impaired for a little while at least.

louiskathy wrote:
Looks to me like the Sightseer next to it crapped a little on the pavement... can't blame it.

When I looked at the picture, I thought something similar. I bet his bed was wet too! LMAO!

He had a fire extinguisher. It's a few feet from it's original location though.

I just replaced the LP Gas and Carbon Monoxide sensors in my Motor home. I will check the one in my TC.

I'm glad to hear that the owner didn't get seriously hurt. Wow!

Bob in Calif.

Additional story.

The picture that they use in the article is just a little off.

SCVJeff wrote:
When there is an internal explosion like that its going to split at the weakest joints, not at the point of ignition.

Fiberglass body, the weak point is the joints on the side where they join the top and bottom. I thought that it would have separated there as well. It did split on the left side at the seam.

When there is an internal explosion like that its going to split at the weakest joints, not at the point of ignition.