Scary: footplate slipped out of position!
I almost had a major disaster. It certainly put me into panic mode! I've been using a 10" stack of stabilizer pads under the tongue jack landing gear, ever since I got this camper. It takes forever f...
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bstar1952 wrote:
Happened to me last year, stupidly didn't chock the wheels and TT completely fell off the block, about 8" high. Lucky for me there was no damage but it did scare the s**t out of me. Trust me, I will never ever not use chocks before unhitching.
I pulled into a campground after a very long day on the road. I was nearly asleep on my feet, and forgot to chock the trailer wheels. After I had the tongue leveled, on a small amount of blocking, the trailer rolled backwards until the steel foot on the jack fell off the short stack of 2x6 scrap it was on. The tongue jack dropped about 3" and dug into the gravel, stopping after sliding about a foot back. It would of been a no harm, no foul, play, BUT the dear wife was sitting on the toilet at the time. I knew this because of the scream she let loose as the whole show started. She was not amused.
