First trip out.......

[jmconneely]

Well our first trip started out with a few glitches and went great as far as the camping went. We overloaded the fridge which hindered the cooling. Then it took a few minutes to get the water heater working. Once we realized the drain plug was out it worked great(go figure). Overall we had a nice weekend of camping.

The trip home, well that is a whole other story. We had a tail light our when we got hooked up and ready to leave for home. Stopped by Walmart, replaced the bulb and back on the road. About a half hour or so into the journey home, I blew a tire on the front right side of my F350. I was in the left lane and preparing to move back into the right lane. Well when it blew it jerked the truck towards the shoulder....clipping another truck fifth wheel. This forced him off the road and into a deep ditch. No one was hurt. Minor damage to my rig, his 5ver has a decent amount of damage from what he has said.

Now it is in the hands of our insurance companies. Hoping for quick repairs for all involved so we can get camping again.

[phenrichs]

I say congratulations. We all have at least one bad trip in our time. You have the good fortune to have it on your first trip and get it out of the way. You all made it out of a bad trip without a scratch and now can put it behind you and have happy sailing for the rest of your camping days. I have been fortunate and have only had an awning break in the wind. I think I am still due for a bad one. Would prefer to have it over with.
Chin up and camp on. Glad to hear everyone is ok in both rigs.

[ghaindle]

ken07734 wrote:
I have read a fdw stories about blown tires on TT and 5vers and TV's out here and it gives me pause to understand why would tires just blow like that? I can only think that maybe these people are over weight by a bit or driving a bit aggressive or are not keeping up with regular maintenance?

thoughts?

If not then we should all be concerned about blowing tires.....

Let's not just rip on the OP. How about throwing in the possibility of a defective tire?

[ken07734]

I have read a fdw stories about blown tires on TT and 5vers and TV's out here and it gives me pause to understand why would tires just blow like that? I can only think that maybe these people are over weight by a bit or driving a bit aggressive or are not keeping up with regular maintenance?

thoughts?

If not then we should all be concerned about blowing tires.....

[popupcamping]

Is this your first towing experience?

it sounds like your truck needed tires before you headed out.

Were you passing the guy you hit?

[jmconneely]

Oh we're not, just gotta brush it off and get back at it.

[2edgesword]

Wow! Sorry to hear about the troubles on the first trip but very glad to hear no one was injured.

Stuff happens. Don't let it spoil what can be in the future wonderful times.