More "Oops" Tales

[BRDof3]

Since we're humbling ourselves this morning, I'll add my Oopsie from last weekend.

Went out with DS7 for a fishing/camping weekend. (Interesting backing around a 5'er into a tight campsite with only a 7 year-old ground spotter, but that's a different story). When we started to break camp Sunday the weather turned bad and the rain was off and on. We waited it out in the TT, then when we had a break in the rain I jumped out and finished the hitch-up. Big mistake, take your time and check yourself, don't try to get it done fast before the rain starts again.

We pulled into the site across the road from ours, it was a full hook-up site so I figured I'd use the sewer pipe to dump tanks and avoid the line at the dump station. I looked back into our campsite and saw my self-made roto-chocks lying on the gravel pad. I forgot to take them out from between the wheels before pulling out.

Both chock sets pulled through the tires. One is intact, the other one is ruined, with the 5/8" bolt bent into a 90-degree angle. I have no idea why I didn't feel the resistance, or the chocks being forced trough the dual axles, but there they were. Believe it or not it didn't even damage tires.

I have tried to pull forward with these chocks in place, and even putting the gas to it I couldn't budge the TT. But, distracted with rain, a 7 y/o, and the dog I put enough force into it to rip it right through there.

Slow down, even in the rain. :rolleyes:

[AuburnJen92]

holy cow

[BRDof3]

holy cow

I said words a bit more harsh as I stood looking at the chocks on the ground. :mad:

[VACAMPER]

this is great, im liking these stories..i hope this thread lasts awhile...whos next? Spill it?:lmao:

[BRDof3]

this is great, im liking these stories..i hope this thread lasts awhile...whos next? Spill it?:lmao:

You're up, have at it. popcorn::

[stacktester]

The 1st weekend I got my Tailgator back in 04 we went to Suwannee River State Park with some friends to break in the camper and try every thing out. When I got the camper I was given a "starter kit" with tp, sewer hose and some blue powder. My friend Mark and his family joined us in their camper and when we were ready to leave he was explaining how to dump the black 1st and then the gray to wash the hose out. I used my starter hose at the dump station and then pulled up when we were done. As I was walking back behind my camper to check things out and I hear Mark yell OH $h!t. I noticed another starter hose just like mine laying there and Mark thought I left it for him so he didn't have to clean his. Whoever left it gouged it with a knife and it had holes all in it. When I made it around his truck there was sewage everywhere. Mark was ankle deep in it. He asked what happened to my hose and I said my hose is in my camper. It took him about 20 minutes to hose the area down and push the sewage in the woods. Long story short, never use anybody else's hose lol. When the movie RV came out we had to see it together. I think in order to find humor in the sewer scene you had to experience it once in your life. People looked at us like we were fruitcakes when we laughed so hard in the theatre. It's always funny to talk about now but when it's happening it ain't funny.

[keylime359]

Last time we went to the Fort we were having a hard time getting the new 5er backed in. This nice guy came and helped us back in (in one try no less;)

[Born 2 Fish]

Last time we went to the Fort we were having a hard time getting the new 5er backed in. This nice guy came and helped us back in (in one try no less;)

Okay,,where is the gross or stupid part ?? Come on ,,thats not the whole story....

[Born 2 Fish]

I won't go into great detail,,but I had one of those instances where there was a leak in the black tank,,didn't realize it,,took the drain cap ogg to hook up the hose and ,,you guessed it,, I needed a bath ! :lmao:

[stacktester]

Last time we went to the Fort we were having a hard time getting the new 5er backed in. This nice guy came and helped us back in (in one try no less;)
Did he have on a knight in shining armor suit or a white suit? If he was put in charge of the black tank let's hope it was the armor suit. Hong Kong Su Kim is gonna charge you extra when you get pedicure.


I won't go into great detail,,but I had one of those instances where there was a leak in the black tank,,didn't realize it,,took the drain cap ogg to hook up the hose and ,,you guessed it,, I needed a bath ! :lmao:

Details fishin boy, details, we need details. You can't leave us hangin like that.

[Born 2 Fish]

Details fishin boy, details, we need details. You can't leave us hangin like that.

Okay,,the camper was new, there are three different valves, two gray, one black,,I musta had the one (of the third valve) open and didn't know it ,,we stopped over night on our way to Florida and we hooked up water/electric, but didn't dump,,waited til we got to destination to hook up the gray/black water hose and SURPRIZE ! Bathtime !

[BRDof3]

Details fishin boy, details, we need details. You can't leave us hangin like that.

I don't know, there are some details that are best left to the imagination. :scared1:

[Disney Campers]

We live on a Cul De Sac, after one trip I brought the trailer home to unload, when it was time to go I pulled forward to get in the middle of the streets and turned to sharp and the trailer backswing took out the neighbor's mail box and put a nice little gouge in the side of the trailer as well, Boy was I mad and embarrassed.

[Just Beachy]

We had just bought our new Keystone 29' tt and were taking it on our first trip. While on the NY Thruway we needed to stop for fuel. Instead of waiting in line for the pumps that dh could have just pulled straight into and out of to get back on the Thruway, he decides that he just can't wait the 3.7 minutes for the guy in front of him. Of course the best thing to do is swing all the way over into the furthest lane. Well, unfortunately, he forgot about those big yellow concrete poles that are strategically placed so that people can't run over the gas pumps. Yep, he scraped it. Thankfully, it only crumpled part of one of the lower panels and rubbed some yellow paint onto the camper. Did I mention it was BRAND NEW? No, I didn't dare mention it to HIM! :lmao: Believe me, he knew! And so did all of the people at the pumps who witnessed it. Fortunately, later he was able to straighten it out and get that bright yellow paint off.

[BRDof3]

We had just bought our new Keystone 29' tt and were taking it on our first trip. While on the NY Thruway we needed to stop for fuel. Instead of waiting in line for the pumps that dh could have just pulled straight into and out of to get back on the Thruway, he decides that he just can't wait the 3.7 minutes for the guy in front of him. Of course the best thing to do is swing all the way over into the furthest lane. Well, unfortunately, he forgot about those big yellow concrete poles that are strategically placed so that people can't run over the gas pumps. Yep, he scraped it. Thankfully, it only crumpled part of one of the lower panels and rubbed some yellow paint onto the camper. Did I mention it was BRAND NEW? No, I didn't dare mention it to HIM! :lmao: Believe me, he knew! And so did all of the people at the pumps who witnessed it. Fortunately, later he was able to straighten it out and get that bright yellow paint off.

Under the steady, watchful eye of his co-pilot he probably had that done before he left the gas station. :laughing: (He was probably dreaming about roller coasters at the time).

[Just Beachy]

Under the steady, watchful eye of his co-pilot he probably had that done before he left the gas station. :laughing: (He was probably dreaming about roller coasters at the time).

No! I didn't say a word! He was pretty angry at himself. I really saw no point in agreeing with him at that particular time. :lmao: He did fix it when we got to our destination, though. And I still said not a word. I will only admit to giggling...

(as for roller coasters, I don't have any idea what you're talking about...:rolleyes1)

[stacktester]

We live on a Cul De Sac, after one trip I brought the trailer home to unload, when it was time to go I pulled forward to get in the middle of the streets and turned to sharp and the trailer backswing took out the neighbor's mail box and put a nice little gouge in the side of the trailer as well, Boy was I mad and embarrassed.

Had a similar incident last Thanksgiving Day. I brought the camper home to load the golf cart and other stuff. Already had it turned around in the cul-de-sac and the way the ramp went down the golf cart kept bottoming out when it was almost in. I drove down the street to turn around. After I got the cart loaded I went back thru the same cul-de-sac and my neighbors son's Saturn was there. The back bumper of the 5'er caught his front and pulled it off. We agreed we'd take care of it later. When I got back from the fort he filed a claim and it cost my insurance $735. I was pretty ticked because the car was a 97 and not worth $500 tops. I offered him $200 cash which trust me was more than fair and he declined. The car had already been in a collision where he rear ended someone and the bumper was already bailing wired on. Needless to say he never had it fixed. I see the car almost daily and it hasn't been touched. The guy owns a bike store and I had sent him at least $2k worth of sales from friends and neighbors right before that. I just wave now and wish he hadn't been that selfish.

My mom has 9 acres where I keep the camper and I just take my stuff there now. I doubt I'd ever bring it back here again for fear of hitting junk cars lol.

[liv luvs disney]

Needless to say he never had it fixed. I see the car almost daily and it hasn't been touched. The guy owns a bike store and I had sent him at least $2k worth of sales from friends and neighbors right before that.


What a freakin' punk!!

[disney4dan]

I have one, not the camper though. Up here in the great white north we burn firewood to offset our heating cost in the winter. Fortunately for me, I have a REAALLY great Dad who has land, free wood for me to go cut and take, and he lets me use his double axle utility trailer to bring home a cord of wood or more at a time (a cord is 4 feet wide, 4 feet high and 8 feet long, weighs about 4,500 pounds).

Middle of winter a few years back and I have that trailer loaded with some nice heavy oak logs and am driving out of his land in about 6-inches of fresh snow after weeks of rain, then cold weather. You know, a scene that Norman Rockwell would love, smell the apple pie baking in the kitchen, New England winter kind of scene. In my hurry to get home, I decide to take this steep section of hill to get to where I need to go, without checking it out first. I made it about 3/4 of the way and was ALMOST there when I hit ice. You got it, no stopping now as the truck, trailer and about 5,000 pounds of firewood start sliding backward out of control:scared1:. I don't know if you remember photos I posted once of the view on this land, but there are areas where only a few trees stop you from dropping about 300 feet. Fortunately, the frame of the trailer caught something. Fresh change of pants and I was back on my way in a few hours after shoveling a lot of snow.

[Just Beachy]

When I got back from the fort he filed a claim and it cost my insurance $735. Needless to say he never had it fixed. I see the car almost daily and it hasn't been touched.

This is one of the reasons body shops are going out of business. Why don't auto insurance companies only make claim checks out to the repair shops? I mean, if I go to the doctor, my health insurance company doesn't send me a check to turn over to my doctor's office. They send the payment directly to the doctor.

[Minnie&Mickey]

Here's our really bad, really expensive OOPS! As some of you know, back in April, my husband and I bought our first RV...a 2006 used Fleetwood Providence. A few weeks ago, my husband was looking at the batteries in the back and noticed that they were all rusty looking and swollen. If I'm understanding this correctly, these are the batteries that are for the generator. He decided that he would replace them now, before it became a problem later, so he found the identical batteries at our local Sam's Club for something like $75 per (they are well over $100 at the RV stores). So he put them in, but they wouldn't charge. We were leaving in about a week for a trip to the beach, so it was important that we got this fixed. He called a friend that works on RVs who came by and told him that he had put them in wrong. Instead of putting them in all lined up, he was supposed to stagger them with a positive pointing toward the back on one, and then next one with a negative, etc. (hope this is making sense). They put them in the right way, and it appeared that they were charging. The next day, I went into the RV to put clean sheets on the bed and load some stuff up, and DH turned on the generator for me so that we could turn on the A/C. Every time he would turn it on, it would turn itself off within a minute. We finally decided to put it in the shop and see if they could figure out the probem and fix it (this was Monday, and we were leaving Thursday morning). As he was driving to the RV shop, the RV kept losing power...luckily I was following behind and had no idea what was going on. The repair shop called the next day to let us know that when he had put the brand new batteries in wrong, it ruined all of them. If I've got this right, it meant that we not only had to replace the 6 brand new batteries that we had just put in, but also the other one (or two...I have no idea) for the coach. Not only that, we now had to pay $150 per battery, plus labor, etc.!!! I have no idea how much it cost, but my guess is that it was over $2000. Needless to say, he was absolutely sick over it!

[ftwildernessguy]

A couple of summers ago we had been camping for a week in Lancaster, PA. We had just left the campground on this little back road only about a car and a half wide and I was watching for oncoming traffic so I could avoid it, when my wife said "watch out!" This Amish farmer had put his mailbox up with it sticking out into the road! My passenger side mirror on the truck clipped it, the mailbox swung around, caught the right rear fender of the truck and gouged the paint, swung around again, bent the trim on the front of the trailer, gouged the side of the trailer and broke a side light. I stopped and kicked Jakey's mailbox and tossed it in his yard. The trailer still has the scar on the side.

[ftwildernessguy]

Here's another one. My wife was directing me while I backed into the driveway after a camping trip. I kept asking her if everything was okay on the radio, and she said "yep." Next thing I know, I feel a jolt and the whole operation is halted. I had backed into my utility trailer parked in the driveway. I said to her "why didn't you tell me to stop?" She said "I thought you just wanted me to tell you if you were going to hit the HOUSE." Kiwi still has the dent in the rear bumper from that one.

[drafthorsecrazy]

Our oops happened while pulling our livestock trailer. It was 2 days before Thanksgiving and we had picked up a load of horses, mules, and ponies. 26 to be exact. Yep, that's a big load and we were hauling them almost 500 miles that day. With livestock you want them good and snug----less room in the trailer for them to move around, the better. These animals came from an Amish farm in central Ohio. You've all seen either in person or pictures of the quaint Amish farms and the rolling hills of Holmes Co, right? Ok, now mind you, this farm is on the top of the hill with a gravel single lane road with ditches on either side big enough to swallow a car. Lets add 3 in. of fresh snow. We pulled out the driveway and started to creep down the hill. About then the weight of all those horses started pushing us faster. Husband taps the brake to slow the decent and the trailer starts to jackknife. He lets off the brake...we straighten out....but now we are going even faster downhill. I'm screaming slow down! I would have said more but my eyes were glued to those deep ditches. At this point he did a rookie mistake. The NUMBER ONE thing you NEVER do while going downhill with a standard transmission.:crazy2: He tried to downshift. The second he hit neutral that truck/trailer took off like a bat outta you know where. Truck is going way to fast now to get it into a lower gear.....or any gear . My life, his life, and the lives of all those horses are flashing before my eyes. This would have been a fine time for a good prayer....but all I could get out was Oh My God....Oh My God. Between the big man upstairs understanding what I was trying to say, and my husbands driving skill we made it down the hill in one piece.
Lessons learned (1) Never downshift while going downhill. (2) Reach down and push the freaking brake controller lever if the trailer is pushing, jackknifing you.

[Born 2 Fish]

. The repair shop called the next day to let us know that when he had put the brand new batteries in wrong, it ruined all of them. If I've got this right, it meant that we not only had to replace the 6 brand new batteries that we had just put in, but also the other one (or two...I have no idea) for the coach. Not only that, we now had to pay $150 per battery, plus labor, etc.!!! I have no idea how much it cost, but my guess is that it was over $2000. Needless to say, he was absolutely sick over it!

Wow, I'm absolutely sick over it too, and it didn't even happen to me.:sad1:

[ftwildernessguy]

Our oops happened while pulling our livestock trailer. It was 2 days before Thanksgiving and we had picked up a load of horses, mules, and ponies. 26 to be exact. Yep, that's a big load and we were hauling them almost 500 miles that day. With livestock you want them good and snug----less room in the trailer for them to move around, the better. These animals came from an Amish farm in central Ohio. You've all seen either in person or pictures of the quaint Amish farms and the rolling hills of Holmes Co, right? Ok, now mind you, this farm is on the top of the hill with a gravel single lane road with ditches on either side big enough to swallow a car. Lets add 3 in. of fresh snow. We pulled out the driveway and started to creep down the hill. About then the weight of all those horses started pushing us faster. Husband taps the brake to slow the decent and the trailer starts to jackknife. He lets off the brake...we straighten out....but now we are going even faster downhill. I'm screaming slow down! I would have said more but my eyes were glued to those deep ditches. At this point he did a rookie mistake. The NUMBER ONE thing you NEVER do while going downhill with a standard transmission.:crazy2: He tried to downshift. The second he hit neutral that truck/trailer took off like a bat outta you know where. Truck is going way to fast now to get it into a lower gear.....or any gear . My life, his life, and the lives of all those horses are flashing before my eyes. This would have been a fine time for a good prayer....but all I could get out was Oh My God....Oh My God. Between the big man upstairs understanding what I was trying to say, and my husbands driving skill we made it down the hill in one piece.
Lessons learned (1) Never downshift while going downhill. (2) Reach down and push the freaking brake controller lever if the trailer is pushing, jackknifing you.

That is a LOT of weight to be pushing you down hill. I sure wouldn't feel like driving 500 miles if that was the beginning of my trip.

[AuburnJen92]

Two years ago, we went down to see my grandmother for the day in West Palm Beach. When we returned, I noticed something odd about our mailbox. (we normally keep a cover over it with an Auburn logo and it was missing...there were just our house numbers on the box) The whole post and mailbox were brand new! Now, I was with my husband all day, so I know it could not have been his running over of the mailbox and fixing it, so I was a bit puzzled. We found out later that it was the next door neighbor's friend that plowed it over with his truck. (luckily he didn't hit our RV!) The oops came the next day when my husband decided that, for some reason, we needed to buy them a new mailbox too. He backed into their mailbox and "smushed" it. So, they were all laughing hysterically in the front yard watching Chris put the mailbox back up when he got back from HD. Guess who had to buff that out before we turned that lease in? (take a guess, it wasn't the one who ran the mailbox over....)

[Minnie&Mickey]

Wow, I'm absolutely sick over it too, and it didn't even happen to me.:sad1:

Yeah, I think the moral of the story is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

[ntsammy5]

My story involves fried chicken a bottle of olive oil and some folding chairs ---- on second thought I'd better not tell that one.....

[des1954]

My "oops" involves backing out of the garage to go to work one morning. We brought the RV home on a Wednesday to pack and get ready to go to FtW Friday morning. On Thursday morning I was leaving for work, minding my own business backing out of the garage, watching the garage door making its' decent, when........BAM!!! I totally forgot about the 30 foot motor home parked in the driveway! Nope!!! Didn't look behind me when backing because we had a long driveway that usually had nothing in it when I backed up. Uh....that was after two cups off coffee. The ol' Grand Marquis took most of the damage. And to think my DH is worried about me backing the MH. I don't know why??? :confused3

[musicmama]

2 summers ago, pulling into our favorite (Lancaster, PA) campground for Memorial Day weekend when DH ignores my directions and cuts the turn in a little short and ... wait for it ... takes out the power pole and almost pulls off the back trim and bumper. The power pole is on HIS side. How could he miss???

Thank goodness that our camping neighbors there were our friends! Between all of the guys, they got the pole back up into position. And yes, the outlets did work.

[stacktester]

My "oops" involves backing out of the garage to go to work one morning. We brought the RV home on a Wednesday to pack and get ready to go to FtW Friday morning. On Thursday morning I was leaving for work, minding my own business backing out of the garage, watching the garage door making its' decent, when........BAM!!! I totally forgot about the 30 foot motor home parked in the driveway! Nope!!! Didn't look behind me when backing because we had a long driveway that usually had nothing in it when I backed up. Uh....that was after two cups off coffee. The ol' Grand Marquis took most of the damage. And to think my DH is worried about me backing the MH. I don't know why??? :confused3

Grand Marquis????? Oh that's the Mercury version. I knew the Crown Vic was the choice of old folks, guess that's the other version.:lmao:

[kc5grw]

Grand Marquis????? Oh that's the Mercury version. I knew the Crown Vic was the choice of old folks, guess that's the other version.:lmao:

The Grand Marquis is the version for them uppity old folks.:rotfl:

[stacktester]

The Grand Marquis is the version for them uppity old folks.:rotfl:

That makes sense. :lmao:

[BRDof3]

Finally got the pics downloaded.

This is what the chocks look like when engaged. This is the surviving chock, in the left-hand tires where I mangled the other pair.

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/*****robmorrison_rn/Kids%20Fishing%20Trips/IMG_1580.jpg

And here is what the other set looked like when I looked back and realized what I had done.

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/*****robmorrison_rn/Kids%20Fishing%20Trips/IMG_1581.jpg

At least it was a fairly painless lesson. :headache: