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RVcircus
Oct 16, 2014Explorer II
So, today I cleaned out the trailer a bit to get it ready for inspection tomorrow. I also found a bad ground in one of the running lights that I needed to fix.
The real fun came when we were backing the trailer out of the driveway. Our driveway is very narrow and steep and comes out onto a narrow street in a valley (15' dirt hills on both sides of the street). This was my wife's first time spotting & my walkie broke, so it was pretty stressful on her. This all led to me mushing my bumper into the hill on the other side of the street...twice.
This certainly would have been unusual if all went as planned. I don't think I did any real damage, so I got lucky.

I told my wife the good news is our driveway is the most difficult place we'll be backing the trailer. If we can get this down we'll be able to put it anywhere.
http://www.rvcircus.com/?p=282
The real fun came when we were backing the trailer out of the driveway. Our driveway is very narrow and steep and comes out onto a narrow street in a valley (15' dirt hills on both sides of the street). This was my wife's first time spotting & my walkie broke, so it was pretty stressful on her. This all led to me mushing my bumper into the hill on the other side of the street...twice.
This certainly would have been unusual if all went as planned. I don't think I did any real damage, so I got lucky.

I told my wife the good news is our driveway is the most difficult place we'll be backing the trailer. If we can get this down we'll be able to put it anywhere.
http://www.rvcircus.com/?p=282
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