Well I wanted to share with you my camping season (or lack there of). Our second trip of the season our trip what in an accident and totaled our we didn’t even get to our campsite was like 15 minutes away and sadly I chose not to have insurance on it. It was a cheaper camper an 06 I believe I didn’t pay much for it but I wanted to share this so maybe you don’t make the mistake I made.It happened on a farm road behind an 18 wheeler who had 4 ways on yellow blinking lights and a turn signal . The guy pulled off to the side of the road and came to a complete stop. I thought he was letting me pass him to get up a steep hill as big trucks tend to take those hills slow i have had them pull off and let me around murmurous times well as I went to pass him he started to make his turn into a farm field no road he was just turning into a farm field to fill the tractors back up . I saw him turning I hit the gas and just barely got the truck ahead of him as he plowed through my tt. Here are some picsMoral of the story is if you don’t know 100% what someone is doing hang back or get out it was truest heartbreaking to hear my kids on the way home telling me that there camping trips are over. But every bad story has a good ending right we purchased a used 2018 tt way nicer then anything we have haf

Ugly. No way I can find to link pics on PB without looking at ads, unless you post the pictures directly on here.

Surprised he's using PB. They ruined everyone's pics.There's an extension you can add if you want to see your pics or anyone else's.https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-embedded-imag/ogipgokcopooepeipngiikdkpmcpkaonNice trailer,

A little duct tape and it's good as new! ;)That was a hard lesson learned. From the pics, most carpenters could fix that up better than new structurally. Matching the side is a bit harder. No plumbing or gas lines involved, I think. The frame should be checked but should be alright.Nice upgrade, though.

185EZ wrote:...Sorry about your accident.Did you check with your insurance company? My trailers don't have insurance but I'm covered with anything that I tow....Only liability extends from the tow vehicle to the trailer leaving the trailer with no coverage for damage.

The new Mallard looks real good.

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2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 13, 2018
Ugly. No way I can find to link pics on PB without looking at ads, unless you post the pictures directly on here.
185EZ
Explorer
Oct 13, 2018
Surprised he's using PB. They ruined everyone's pics.
There's an extension you can add if you want to see your pics or anyone else's.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-embedded-imag/ogipgokcopooepeipngiikdkpmcpkaon

Nice trailer,
Boomerweps
Explorer
Oct 13, 2018
A little duct tape and it's good as new! ;)
That was a hard lesson learned. From the pics, most carpenters could fix that up better than new structurally. Matching the side is a bit harder. No plumbing or gas lines involved, I think. The frame should be checked but should be alright.
Nice upgrade, though.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Oct 13, 2018
185EZ wrote:
...Sorry about your accident.
Did you check with your insurance company? My trailers don't have insurance but I'm covered with anything that I tow....

Only liability extends from the tow vehicle to the trailer leaving the trailer with no coverage for damage.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Oct 13, 2018
The new Mallard looks real good.
Dreenn
Explorer
Oct 13, 2018
Yes trailers are not covered under tow vehicalsni did check with insurance because I have heard that befor to and it’s a myth might want to check with your insurance company

I also thought about fixing I’m capable of doing so but the exterior sidelong would have costed too much and wasn’t worth it
185EZ
Explorer
Oct 13, 2018
Yes I'm covered with liability only for any trailer i tow behind any vehicle
I added coverage to my enclosed trailer but that was 12 years ago.
I even forget what day it is lol
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Oct 13, 2018
Well, it's good to know that when folks end up with lemons, they still know how to make lemonaid out of them!

Nice NEW camper! Now that's LEMONAID!
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Oct 14, 2018
Don't take much to can open an RV.
jfkmk
Explorer
Oct 14, 2018
Even though you had no collision insurance on your trailer, it sounds like the trucker was at fault and his insurance should pay for damages. Of course they would only cover up Yao what the trailer is worth, so it might not be much.

I can imagine the heartbreak of hearing your kids thinking their camping days are over. Glad you, as Dutchmensport put it, made lemonade! Nice new trailer, enjoy it!