When you think you have checked everything, check it again! Last weekend I was on my way home from 10 days of camping at Defeated Creek Campground near Carthage, TN. I decided to take highway 70 to go home instead of the interstate. I was tooling down the road, looked in my rear view mirror and saw the emergency exit window glass blowing in the wind, like a wing. I was lucky that the rod did not poke a hole in the screen. When we were camping the DW wanted some air flow in the bedroom area so I opened the window and then thought I had closed it the next day. I did not make sure the rod was properly hooked back in the bracket. Something else to add to my checklist.

I never touch those windows because I will forget about them. They are also not the easiest to open

We have a rule when we pack up.....inside and outside jobs! My hubby has all the outside things to pack and that includes making sure the stove vent cover is closed and latched, ( suprisingly many forget to latch it and it disappears) My job is the inside, including all windows and window coverings. We both hitch the trailer, he on one side doing up one sway bar, me on the other. He does the lights I do the chain. It works for us. LOL, though we both tend to check each others work

I never forgot anything...... that I can remember.

loulou57 wrote:We have a rule when we pack up.....inside and outside jobs! My hubby has all the outside things to pack and that includes making sure the stove vent cover is closed and latched, ( suprisingly many forget to latch it and it disappears) My job is the inside, including all windows and window coverings. We both hitch the trailer, he on one side doing up one sway bar, me on the other. He does the lights I do the chain. It works for us. LOL, though we both tend to check each others workWe do the same thing. DW does the inside and I do the outside and then we switch to double check each others work. Then we meet at the hitch.

loulou57 wrote:We have a rule when we pack up.....inside and outside jobs! My hubby has all the outside things to pack and that includes making sure the stove vent cover is closed and latched, ( suprisingly many forget to latch it and it disappears) My job is the inside, including all windows and window coverings. We both hitch the trailer, he on one side doing up one sway bar, me on the other. He does the lights I do the chain. It works for us. LOL, though we both tend to check each others work Ditto!!!! only when we're hooking up the 5th wheel hitch.....He goes for it, I watch and supervise. :) works for us!

Just when you think you have checked everything

opnspaces
Navigator II
Aug 27, 2013
Lantley wrote:
I had that same flapping wing issue on my prior TT. For some reason the bar would not stay secure. I ended up securing it with a cable tie! So much for the emergency escape!

Did you really permanently disable you emergency exit window? :E I just picture one of those night club or textile factory fires where the exit doors were chained shut.

I did read on here where someone uses a large binder clip to hold the rod latched. It seems like these would do the same job, and be easily removable if an emergency happens. link
opnspaces
Navigator II
Aug 27, 2013
Wow, one more thing to check before I depart. Glad it didn't damage your trailer or screen.
profdant139
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2013
We have a checklist that we check just as we are getting ready to roll. But sometimes we forget to look at the list. Sigh.
dodge_guy
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2013
I lost my exit window somwhere in southern GA or northern FL. My daughter must have bumped it while she was sleeping. We left very early in the am and i did not see it. Those windows are $$$$!
Lantley
Nomad
Aug 27, 2013
I had that same flapping wing issue on my prior TT. For some reason the bar would not stay secure. I ended up securing it with a cable tie! So much for the emergency escape!
Taplep
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
Been there done that. Make sure you check the seal at the top of the outside window. When I had my 'bird wing' episode, it bent the outside frame (you could barely notice a gap) and allowed water to leak into the trailer. Ended up replacing the window instead of caulking since it sat under the roof gutter.
BAMA_57
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
At least you caught it before anything was damaged. On our first trip with our TT a lady pulled along side and told me I was about to lose our bicycles. I had mounted a bike rack at the rear bumper and the bikes were bouncing off the back of theTT. If she hadn't warned me no telling what I would have torn up. :S
6_7_tow_rig
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
Been there done that. Same thing happened to us on 75 north. I look in the mirror and its flapping like a birds wing.
Passin_Thru
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
I'm like an Elephant. A geriatric one. I forget the handle nest to the door all the time. We have a checklist and still forget the mirror extensions.

My wife thought I loved her after we bought our trailer. Everytime she got in bed, I'd roll over toward her, then we bought a new mattress.
loulou57
Explorer
Aug 27, 2013
phenrichs wrote:
loulou57 wrote:
We have a rule when we pack up.....inside and outside jobs!

My hubby has all the outside things to pack and that includes making sure the stove vent cover is closed and latched, ( suprisingly many forget to latch it and it disappears)

My job is the inside, including all windows and window coverings.

We both hitch the trailer, he on one side doing up one sway bar, me on the other. He does the lights I do the chain.

It works for us. LOL, though we both tend to check each others work

We do the same thing. DW does the inside and I do the outside and then we switch to double check each others work. Then we meet at the hitch.

Glad to hear we are not the only couple that are creatures of habit. We have been asked by others how we can pack up or set up our trailer so quickly. There has only been unsavory words spoken once while packing up, then we started our routine, LOL We have the same routine for the boat.