Ok going to go camping for the holiday week at fort desota,only 30 minutes from the house. Get trailer into site only to realize I left both sets of trailer keys at house. Cannot unhook trailer from truck. Make calls to a few friends no can make the trip. Decide i will have to drive truck and trailer home to get keys. My neighbor at campsite is sitting outside and tell him I screwed up, and he immediately offers to let me drive his car to get keys. Only in the camping world. And tried to pay him for gas but he would not accept.0

Fellow RV'ers ARE special people for sure! :C.....set of extra keys for 'everything' in magnetic hide a key box hidden under your tow vehicle AND TT. :W:W

DId he try the keys for his RV in yours first? Many campers have the same keys. .. Sure was a nice guy to help you out though! I was camped next to a guy in a older Dodge class A motorhome at a Coast to Coast camping resort. He was having a difficult time re-starting his motorhome to go home on Sunday. It would not stay running once it was warm, and was running very rich, due to leaking floats in the carb. So he took off the carb, and my buddy drove him and his wife home, so they could get replacement parts, and return (on their own) to fix it. It was a nice feeling to help the older couple out. . .Another time at the same resort, a guy with a veteran's cap on asked for some help, and I told him that he already paid, referring to his time in the Military. Now is the time to make a extra key for the RV door and storage compartments. Keep the door key in the truck glovebox, the storage compartment key someplace inside the RV.Have fun camping!Fred.

Many RVers are awesome and helpful. Always pay it forward.

Some of the nicest people I've ever met were fellow campers/RV'rs.It is a wonderful thing to have some folks that are our neighbors for just a few days that become friends for a lifetime.

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31 Replies

K-9_HANDLER
Explorer
Jan 12, 2016
CavemanCharlie wrote:
K-9 HANDLER wrote:
Thats great! My older neighbors when we traveled VA came over and stated they locked all their keys inside their camper. One of my girls volunteered to climb into their trailer thru a storage compartment door and unlock the trailer. At 5 years old she was so proud and they were very happy.

We need a "Thumbs Up" smiley for posts like this.

Thank you, and ofcourse prior to unlocking the door she paused and exclaimed how nice the inside of their camper was.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Jan 12, 2016
K-9 HANDLER wrote:
Thats great! My older neighbors when we traveled VA came over and stated they locked all their keys inside their camper. One of my girls volunteered to climb into their trailer thru a storage compartment door and unlock the trailer. At 5 years old she was so proud and they were very happy.

We need a "Thumbs Up" smiley for posts like this.
ams1130
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
I am so happy you were helped, but I just doubt I could lend a vehicle to strangers.
K-9_HANDLER
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
Thats great! My older neighbors when we traveled VA came over and stated they locked all their keys inside their camper. One of my girls volunteered to climb into their trailer thru a storage compartment door and unlock the trailer. At 5 years old she was so proud and they were very happy.
campinginthewoo
Explorer
Jan 08, 2016
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campinginthewoo
Explorer
Jan 08, 2016
Golden_HVAC wrote:
DId he try the keys for his RV in yours first?

Many campers have the same keys. ..

Sure was a nice guy to help you out though!

I was camped next to a guy in a older Dodge class A motorhome at a Coast to Coast camping resort. He was having a difficult time re-starting his motorhome to go home on Sunday. It would not stay running once it was warm, and was running very rich, due to leaking floats in the carb. So he took off the carb, and my buddy drove him and his wife home, so they could get replacement parts, and return (on their own) to fix it. It was a nice feeling to help the older couple out. . .

Another time at the same resort, a guy with a veteran's cap on asked for some help, and I told him that he already paid, referring to his time in the Military.

Now is the time to make a extra key for the RV door and storage compartments. Keep the door key in the truck glovebox, the storage compartment key someplace inside the RV.

Have fun camping!

Fred.

Hi I have a hide a key magnetic bok hidden on my TT and holds TT KEY storage door key truck key topper key tongue lock key and my house key as I park my TT at my house comes in handy if you lock your self out. And saves a trip home or calling a lock smith.
pawpaw47
Explorer
Dec 29, 2015
PapaNIes60 wrote:
Many RVers are awesome and helpful. Always pay it forward.

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CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Dec 29, 2015
I have extra keys to the TT in the truck. I have extra keys to the truck in the TT. I have extra keys to the truck hidden in one of those magnetic holders under the truck.
Bmach
Explorer II
Dec 28, 2015
Seeing he could not unhook I have to assume he uses a pad lock on the hitch. Otherwise he could have used his own truck to run home and get the keys.
Doug33
Explorer
Dec 28, 2015
I would feel for the people too, but not sure if I would loan them my vehicle or not.

I learned to leave an extra set of TT keys in the TV at all times.

Last month I locked myself out of my house, and it was cold, and I was only wearing a T-shirt. I had to wait several hours for my wife to come home. When she did, I immediately went to Home Depot, made extra sets of house keys, and placed them in strategic (yet secret) locations in my backyard.