stupid is stupid does

I'll keep mine short and sweet:

Tail wag. Rear quarter panel of brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee. Oops.

Only thing damaged on my TT was corner trim. I bent back in place and caulked it all up nicely.

profdant139 wrote:
One of the best parts of getting older is that I can't remember all the dumb things I've done -- there are too many of them.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-George Santayana

One of the best parts of getting older is that I can't remember all the dumb things I've done -- there are too many of them.

figured I was clear of a tree on a corner, spotter was waving me back, tree was between the truck and trailer, coildnt see it as it was a 4' stump that didnt clear the box height and pushed the back bumper up into the tailgate to the point where I could not get into the bed past my bakflip tonneau cover as I couldnt open the tailgate to unlock the cover. cooler full of rotten meat by the time I got to it 4 days later and a nasty smell following the truck after day 2 in 35degC weather. was an expensive $2600 weekend.

I think everyone's done some stupid stuff...we get distracted, or something like that, and voila! Instant mess.

For me, the dumbest thing I did was with our old tow vehicle, 1988 Suburban. We had bought a Rockwood and were enjoying the heck out of all the trips we made. In one campground, their sites are all in a "star" pattern so there are 5 sites, but at the back you get much more room than at the front. I was pulling in and started backing up the trailer. I stopped to examine a tree that was kind of leaning over to make sure I didn't scrape. I opened the back doors to the Suburban because I was going to pull out the boards/chocks, got back in, and backed up at a hard angle. Next thing I know, I got one of the doors smack in the front of the new fiberglass front on Rocky (the Rockwood). A nice big gash in it, luckily it never leaked.

Speaking of stupid, 2 years later, an older gentleman who had swerved for some reason rear ended the rig @ 70 mph while I was pulled over on the shoulder changing a flat. I was in the back of the trailer (rear bathroom, storage area) and narrowly avoided getting killed. The car tore right through that fiberglass and aluminum, missed my head by about 6 inches. I was upset at first but found out later he had his grandson in the vehicle and the struts/uprights went through the windshield and A-pillar striking the child in the head. :( I guess he recovered, thankfully.

That's how we lost our Rockwood, but we had replacement insurance on it so it didn't turn out too badly.

Too many stupid things to do in RV's, I'm constantly banging my thick head on the bedroom slide when I go to check the water heater (which is about 5 feet from the slide) :/

I was adding a half dome LED light over the sink area of my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer.

I had to cut-out the hole for the assembly in the ceiling and then using a fish tape punch a hole from the ceiling fixture to the side wall where I could find some 12VDC lines. All went well and was cleaning out the ceiling areas of residue from cutting and poking around.

Just a bit later I went to the shop for some screws to mount my junction box on the side wall behind the valance curtains. When I came back into the trailer I noticed this small orange looking dot on the floor. Sure enough it was coming from the dome light area. I had penetrated the roof with my drill and the orange dot was the sunlight shinning thru the hole haha...

Couldn't believe I did that... I guess we all do something like this one time or another...

Roy Ken

Never 2 late wrote:
I see this is a rather old topic but it makes me feel better that I am not the only person who has has mishaps. Today i noticed my awning has mildew. I put it down to air out. Only problem I forgot to close it and backed into an object. It still closes but is not completely aligned. Am trying to decide if I should try to fix it (unbending the rails) and re caulking the bolts back into the frame. Fortunately, it doesn't rain too much around here but it still needs to be repaired just because I know it's there.....(@#$**!)

Been there, done that, paid $800 for the T-shirt! Getting ready to leave a campground last year and both the wife and I forgot that the awning was still open. Pulled forward until that dang tree decided to not move out of the way. We both heard a noise and I stopped immediately and saw the awning against the tree. Backed up and retracted the awning - it still worked, but the arm had a small crack where one of the upper bolts connected. And of course I couldn't buy just that piece - they only sell the complete awning arm assembly - parts and labor came to $800 - lesson learned!

Last vent cover I bought had a "lifetime warranty". Of course we sold that trailer shortly after :S

I see this is a rather old topic but it makes me feel better that I am not the only person who has has mishaps. Today i noticed my awning has mildew. I put it down to air out. Only problem I forgot to close it and backed into an object. It still closes but is not completely aligned. Am trying to decide if I should try to fix it (unbending the rails) and re caulking the bolts back into the frame. Fortunately, it doesn't rain too much around here but it still needs to be repaired just because I know it's there.....(@#$**!)

I found out the hard way the Honda eu3000 does'nt clear your 5er hitch making charp turns if the genny is in the rear of the truck.