New trailer first oops

turbopilot51 wrote:
Try dropping a fiver on the bed of the tow vehicle! Not that I would know of course...:S

X2

Look at this way: You now have your first opps behind you. The trailer now has your own "prints." Many ,more miles are now ahead without further trouble.

Mine? Bring the trailer out of the fenced side yard, without my wife to spot the right side. She told me to wait, but nooooo. Been pulling trailers for 30 years without her.

The fencepost leaned in and scrapped the two day old trailer.

No other opps in the past 8 years, but then again, my wife is ALWAYS with me.

I know this guy who now has an outside kitchen who failed to close the cabinet door prior to closing the gull wing door..now there is a little gouge on the interior of that door...:S

A couple years ago when new to this deal...I pulled out of my driveway with the tailgate down.
When I turned out the drive I heard a terrible crunching sound...
Destroyed tailgate and bent tounge jack.
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE....

Not the trailer, but the right front fender of the truck. Nice deep gouge in it where it hit the mailbox on the other side of the road while backing the trailer into our drive. Trying to get out of the way of people waiting ... not taking enough time to do it right.
Told all my buddies the someone must have hit me in a parking lot .... darn careless people! :W

My cousin drove off with the tailgate up! He said (*%^$@)_)&${OUU.!!! and a few other words I had never heard. I was going down this hill minding my own business and a wheel and tire passed me on the left. Some guy flagged me down and tried to say it was mine but I told him I only run 3. Sheared off all 6 bolts. Even if it's 80 degrees in NY you sweat trying to replace lug bolts by driving them out and then new ones back in. Probably saved $300.00 tho.

Ron3rd wrote:
I knew a guy who once poked a hole in the awning of his new trailer by hitting the roof of his house when pulling out for a camping trip. Please don't ask me his name.

Funny I know the same guy...:)

I see some trailers in the neighborhood that never move. I would rather have some OOPS! and at least I know I am having some fun in the process.

Stuff can/will happen. Either now or later.

Several years towing and as I was pulling out of a gas station I see car coming down the street like the Police was chasing. The driver then proceeds to turn into the station aiming right at me.

I whip the steering wheel to the right and he does also and we miss.

However, the back of the TT went more to left then I had planned, nailing the steel post full of concrete putting a nice 12 inch long dent in the side of the TT.

Bob

Last fall I was parking the TT in the back yard of my city-lot home, and wanted to swing as wide as possible in order to make it into the yard at the best angle. Got just a leeeeetle too close to the dang utility pole in the alley, and crunched the front right corner of the TT. Amazing how fragile they are. Cost over $1K to get fixed, as I determined that it was beyond my personal skill level to repair.