TC Fails Pic Dump

[Boatycall]

I'd like to start a pic dump of TC Fails.

I'd to see ones you personally witnessed and snapped a pic of, because you'd likely also have a little bit of a back-story. Now, Google is full of them. If you think you've found one that's noteworthy, that's ok too.

I have two - A Host Everest on a 3/4 ton at a local dealer, and a TC that got blown off it's jacks during a wind storm here.

[jimh406]

Freep wrote:
There are Florida dirtbags.

Probably, but not all TC owners are. 😉

[Freep]

jimh425 wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
They don't call us 'dirtbaggers' for no reason.....

Must be a MI or WV thing. Still haven't heard anyone other than you use the term. I was able to look it up in the Urban Dictionary, but still don't see how it applies.

There are Florida dirtbags.

[SidecarFlip]

Dirt bags come in many sizes, shapes and sexes. Usually have loud generators, toss their trash everywhere, have yapping dogs and ill behaved children (and a lot of them), leave their outside lights on all night and play their stereo through outside speakers at full volume day or night. When the vacate a campsite they leave all their trash everywhere for someone else to clean up.

Usually, but not always, their outfits are beat to death and they have a odor about them like a week out of a shower and sweating every day...

You all know the type, the ones who never lift the lid to pee at the showers and never flush the commode and if the do take a shower (rare), they don't bother turning the water off.

Dirtbags are everywhere, not just in TC's....

[azrving]

Not trolling at all imo. I had a TC and bought a lake lot in Mi and the first thing the neighbors said before a tree was ever cut down is NO mobile homes allowed here. Who said anything about a mobile? People associate TC with dirt bag. After my $200,000 "cottage" went up I did realize who the dirt bags are. They were all down stater at one time but after they move up there they become the pure bloods and everyone else is a dirt bag down stater.

[54suds]

"Do not feed the troll"

[WVbassmistress]

Might be a Michigan thing. Not West Virginia. They still use tents down there....

EXCUSE ME???????????????????????????

[SidecarFlip]

jimh425 wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
They don't call us 'dirtbaggers' for no reason.....

Must be a MI or WV thing. Still haven't heard anyone other than you use the term. I was able to look it up in the Urban Dictionary, but still don't see how it applies.

Might be a Michigan thing. Not West Virginia. They still use tents down there....

[jimh406]

SidecarFlip wrote:
They don't call us 'dirtbaggers' for no reason.....

Must be a MI or WV thing. Still haven't heard anyone other than you use the term. I was able to look it up in the Urban Dictionary, but still don't see how it applies.

[SidecarFlip]

tattoobob wrote:


This is anyone who drives the beaches worst nightmare

There us 'water intrusion' at it's best.......:S

[SidecarFlip]

Was coming back from Northern Michigan yesterday and saw a gooseneck trailer going the other way with a TC on it plus a side by side and assorted stuff...

Why pull a trailer behind your camper when you can put the camper on a trailer and take everything along...

They don't call us 'dirtbaggers' for no reason.....

[SidecarFlip]

kohldad wrote:

Why would any rational person leave a camper on extended jacks anyway?

Because it's a pain to lower it down 20" with manual jacks and even more of a pain to raise it back up to truck bed height. Any time mine is off the truck, it is at truck bed height because of this reason. However, as soon as the truck is out from under it, I have a pair of saw horses placed under it that will easily carry the entire weight of the camper.

But yeah, to leave it at full height without something steadying the camper isn't very smart.

Interesting, I have manual jacks on mine, for 2 reasons. One, the price of electric jacks which was an option was 1500 bucks and 2, I'm cheap.

Having said that. I carry my trusty DeWalt cordless drill and I have a jack adapter (came free with the camper, in fact I have 2 (one for a spare). Lowering my jacks is about a 3 minute painless job with the drill. Mine sits as close to terra firma as possible when off the truck. No pain at all on my part. The DeWalt does the work.

[tattoobob]

This is anyone who drives the beaches worst nightmare

[kohldad]

Link doesn't work, but assume you are talking about a cordless drill. I use a drill on mine, but it's still a pain because you can only run each jack about 10 turns before you have to move to the next jack. That's a lot of walking around the camper. Even with the drill, it can take 30 minutes to lower the camper all the way down.

I made the sawhorse and it take a minute to throw them under the camper and only about 30 minutes. Since I only unload in the storage yard, never on the road, it works great for me.

[jimh406]

Some may disagree that this is a fail.

[azrving]

kohldad wrote:

Why would any rational person leave a camper on extended jacks anyway?

Because it's a pain to lower it down 20" with manual jacks and even more of a pain to raise it back up to truck bed height. Any time mine is off the truck, it is at truck bed height because of this reason. However, as soon as the truck is out from under it, I have a pair of saw horses placed under it that will easily carry the entire weight of the camper.

But yeah, to leave it at full height without something steadying the camper isn't very smart.

Would this heavy duty 1/2 inch work? It's been a long time so I actually dont remember how difficult my old TC were.