What Stupid Things Have You Done To Your RV?
The guy in this video takes the cake: 5 Stupid Things I Have Done To My RV Do you have any stories? WoodGlue
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Well, lets see...
Most recent was to leave a levelling board at a campsite due to failure to do a walk around of the site before driving off. Not that big a deal, it's just a piece of wood, but still. Left a couple of things behind this way. :S
On the same trip, didn't get the TV antenna stowed properly, found it at the first walkaround. Again, didn't check it before driving away. Fortunately, no harm done.
More serious, had the emergency exit window by the bed flapping while going down the road. Couple of guys in a pickup pulled alongside and, using some peculiar hand signals, made us aware there was a problem. :o Lost the screen and shredded a mini-blind, but no real damage. Apparently the wife had "butt-unlatched" it while loading. Now on the checklist.
While learning about the aerodynamic characteristics of the FW / TV combination, lost the lid to a Smokey Joe grill out of the truck bed. What makes this embarrassing is that I was going to give this grill to friend at the CG. Went to get it for him and, hey, where's the lid? :?
Our first and most serious: Punched a hole in the inside wall panel by failure to remove a slide lock before opening the slide. :E This was made possible by 1) my not positioning the slide lock against solid structure which most likely would have just stalled the slide, and 2) by our "so-called friends" disturbing our set up routine because they were so happy to see us that they wanted to drink beer and visit while we were setting up. All their fault. Yeah. :W Really, just cosmetic damage, but it kind of smarts.
All in all, not so bad for us just kind of jumping in without much RV experience. But also why I advise people to buy used for their first RV. First, don't spend a lot of money then find out you don't like it. Second, you're probably going to ding something while learning. Ding a used something. :)
Most recent was to leave a levelling board at a campsite due to failure to do a walk around of the site before driving off. Not that big a deal, it's just a piece of wood, but still. Left a couple of things behind this way. :S
On the same trip, didn't get the TV antenna stowed properly, found it at the first walkaround. Again, didn't check it before driving away. Fortunately, no harm done.
More serious, had the emergency exit window by the bed flapping while going down the road. Couple of guys in a pickup pulled alongside and, using some peculiar hand signals, made us aware there was a problem. :o Lost the screen and shredded a mini-blind, but no real damage. Apparently the wife had "butt-unlatched" it while loading. Now on the checklist.
While learning about the aerodynamic characteristics of the FW / TV combination, lost the lid to a Smokey Joe grill out of the truck bed. What makes this embarrassing is that I was going to give this grill to friend at the CG. Went to get it for him and, hey, where's the lid? :?
Our first and most serious: Punched a hole in the inside wall panel by failure to remove a slide lock before opening the slide. :E This was made possible by 1) my not positioning the slide lock against solid structure which most likely would have just stalled the slide, and 2) by our "so-called friends" disturbing our set up routine because they were so happy to see us that they wanted to drink beer and visit while we were setting up. All their fault. Yeah. :W Really, just cosmetic damage, but it kind of smarts.
All in all, not so bad for us just kind of jumping in without much RV experience. But also why I advise people to buy used for their first RV. First, don't spend a lot of money then find out you don't like it. Second, you're probably going to ding something while learning. Ding a used something. :)
