DROPPED IT
Well I have joined the club. Pulled out yesterday and while straightening out the trailer became detached. the box on the old truck is wasted. I was wondering what kind of damage others have seen on ...
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Reading all these posts about newbies, and some not so newbies, pulling massive trailers and not knowing how to makes me nervous to be on the roads at the same time. I guess all this hitching, towing, and backing comes too natural to me. I would never own some of these hitches people pull with. Seems to me they are just time bombs waiting to kill someone. It also boggles my mind how many campers come over to me asking how I just managed to back my camper up so easily. These are basic skills that should be mastered before you get out of town for safety reasons. Not intending to be mean here, but if you can't back your rig up, take it to a parking lot before you pull it across the country and practice.
I was in an Alaskan RV park once while we lived up there and had a Canadian couple come up to me after I backed into a dump station to dump asking me to give them some backing tips. I had to wait on them about 30 minutes to get backed into their site before I could get by to dump. I watched him twist the wheel every direction but the direction he wanted to go. He pulled up 10 or 11 times. She was throwing her arms around trying to get him to move over. It was comical, but at the same time pretty annoying. After talking to them a little while, I had found that they towed most of the way across Canada to get there. They were avoiding situations where they had to back up. I told them they were going to have to get it figured out. They were extremely nice, but had bitten off more than they could chew. Maybe a Class B would have been a better choice. This was in 2010 and I'm certain they have probably dropped their camper on their bed by now.
I understand everyone needs to start somewhere.
I was in an Alaskan RV park once while we lived up there and had a Canadian couple come up to me after I backed into a dump station to dump asking me to give them some backing tips. I had to wait on them about 30 minutes to get backed into their site before I could get by to dump. I watched him twist the wheel every direction but the direction he wanted to go. He pulled up 10 or 11 times. She was throwing her arms around trying to get him to move over. It was comical, but at the same time pretty annoying. After talking to them a little while, I had found that they towed most of the way across Canada to get there. They were avoiding situations where they had to back up. I told them they were going to have to get it figured out. They were extremely nice, but had bitten off more than they could chew. Maybe a Class B would have been a better choice. This was in 2010 and I'm certain they have probably dropped their camper on their bed by now.
I understand everyone needs to start somewhere.
