Going places you maybe shouldn't.
Went out to meet some friends out at some acerage they own out on the dry side (Cle Elum WA area). Came off a dirt road to their "driveway" which was something that at best could be described as an overgrown cow path. Worst thing was they had Pondorosa Pine trees growing here and there on both sides. Checked the branches and they would bend so I decided to go for it. Put the truck in low and up we went, trees rubbing most of the way. Got up there and had a nice weekend. A couple of things I learned:
- Going down was worse than going up. I guess I really didn't fully understand what I was getting into up and did going down. Isn't that the way it usually works? I did sort of have a worry in the back of my mind all weekend over the getting down part.
- I realized afterwards I was instinctively "shying" away from trees on the driver side. The passenger side got it worse because of that. It's also much tougher to see where you are when the mirror have to be folded in.
- The camper fiberglass is pretty tough and "slick" and came through pretty well. You can see something dragged but doesn't look bad at all and will probably look pretty normal with some new wax. Things "sticking out" like the jacks and the window trim took it a bit harder. Also a little damage to decals.
- I'm really glad I have glass windows. The windows were streaked with what looked and felt like scratches. Couldn't see how trees could scratch glass but sure felt like scratches to my finger nails and wouldn't wash off. Fortunately they cleaned up with a rough pad and some hard scrubbing.
Overall not sure I would do it again but I guess that is part of the reason we got a truck camper as opposed to a class C or A. (Not sure if my friend will have us back after seeing what we were doing to their trees either :o)
- Going down was worse than going up. I guess I really didn't fully understand what I was getting into up and did going down. Isn't that the way it usually works? I did sort of have a worry in the back of my mind all weekend over the getting down part.
- I realized afterwards I was instinctively "shying" away from trees on the driver side. The passenger side got it worse because of that. It's also much tougher to see where you are when the mirror have to be folded in.
- The camper fiberglass is pretty tough and "slick" and came through pretty well. You can see something dragged but doesn't look bad at all and will probably look pretty normal with some new wax. Things "sticking out" like the jacks and the window trim took it a bit harder. Also a little damage to decals.
- I'm really glad I have glass windows. The windows were streaked with what looked and felt like scratches. Couldn't see how trees could scratch glass but sure felt like scratches to my finger nails and wouldn't wash off. Fortunately they cleaned up with a rough pad and some hard scrubbing.
Overall not sure I would do it again but I guess that is part of the reason we got a truck camper as opposed to a class C or A. (Not sure if my friend will have us back after seeing what we were doing to their trees either :o)
