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dave54
Jun 01, 2017Nomad
We drove up a narrow winding dirt road (actually just a brushy two-track) to a GREAT boondocking site -- a grove of large shady pines on a lakefront. No one else in sight, beautiful weather. One of those picture postcard type of campsites. Spent a glorious four days fishing, paddling, hiking, enjoying the wildlife and solitude.
When we packed up to leave, I realized I had misjudged the size of the site and the space needed to turn around. An hour of jockeying my rig, including unhooking the TT and repositioning the truck did not yield results. I ended up backing the TT on the road we came in. About a half mile of S curves with the tree limbs rubbing the side of the rig along the way and DW guiding me while walking backwards.
Not to be outdone -- about a month later at another boondocking site I had the same problem. Went in easy, could not turn around to exit. Backed out again (though this time it was a short straight backup).
When we packed up to leave, I realized I had misjudged the size of the site and the space needed to turn around. An hour of jockeying my rig, including unhooking the TT and repositioning the truck did not yield results. I ended up backing the TT on the road we came in. About a half mile of S curves with the tree limbs rubbing the side of the rig along the way and DW guiding me while walking backwards.
Not to be outdone -- about a month later at another boondocking site I had the same problem. Went in easy, could not turn around to exit. Backed out again (though this time it was a short straight backup).
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