Come laugh at the Newbies....

[cdrn1]

Please keep it coming, folks. I am taking notes! LOLOLOL at the wasp story!!!

 

[tlh0726]

Not a camper story but before we decided to dock our pontoon at our nearby fishing lake, Codorus, we loaded up the kids, dinner, and headed out towing the pontoon.
Got there, unstrapped everything, backed down the ramp, I jumped up on the boat to get her started while DH was unhooking the winch to set her free.
Guess what no keys!!!!

 

[Disney Bunny]

Speaking of fires -- this has nothing to do with campers, but it's a stupid camping story! We were in the screen tent one evening, making dinner, when a wasp got in there. Well, being the calm, down-to-earth, normal person that I am, I started screaming and running in circles! Then, I started spraying bug spray at it -- all over the inside of the screen. But, it wouldn't die!! I just managed to soak down the screen with bug spray!

So, DH came running in there to help, and he took a grill lighter to the wasp to kill it. The wasp was sitting on the screen.

The whole side of the screen tent went "POOF" and it was gone! Just like that! No big fire or anything! Just "POOF"! No more screen tent!

I'm pretty sure, at that point, I heard the wasp laughing his little wasp butt off as he flew away into the trees.

My DH did something similar. Back in the days when we were still tent camping, we came back to our campsite just as it was getting to be dusk. DH filled the fuel tank on our Coleman stove. Unbeknownst to him, he had apparently spilled some on the ground. When he went to op check the stove while still on the ground, the spilled fuel caught on fire and quickly caught the side of the screen tent on fire. All I could think to do was grab the container of melted ice from drinks earlier in the day and fling it at DH. Probably a good thing as he was standing in the middle of a circle of fire. Neighbor came running up with a water hose and put the fire out. Just one side of the screen tent burned up. The next day we were at Walmart buying a new screen tent.

 

[KimIce]

Still laughing at the Wasp story!!

Everyone has some type of mishap. My DH and I shared responsibilities of putting up and down the front landing legs on our FW (he did one side and I did the other), and both of us do a walk around to make sure everything is done before pulling out. Well, one day I was pre-occupied doing something else to the FW and my DH went ahead and did his side (being impatient as he is) and clearly not thinking or realizing I was not on the other side, forgot to put up the leg on the side that I always do. Then he did not do a walk around, but neither did I. Little to say when he went to move the trailer, he broke one of the legs. He actually took it pretty well, a lot better then I thought he would. Luckily he was just taking the trailer down to our shop to check the tire pressure, and bearings so he was able to rig something up for our trip the next day until we could order a new one. All I could think about the whole time camping was that leg was going to give out and the FW was going to topple over to that side.

 

[auntie]

Well, all I can say is, you'll know you're offically a "baptized" camper when you're emptying your black water tank and the sewer hose springs a leak(s),explodes and practically dislodges while spewing human waste all over your body, in your hair, face, arms.
All the while, trying to keep your screams and cursing about killing your husband who "forgot" to tell you that he meant to replace that hose before he left to a minimum, so as not to tip off the neighbors that sewer water
is all over the back of the site.
Warning...it's only a matter of time. It's not an "if"..but a "when" this will happen.
Be afraid...be very afraid.

 

[Schminston-Mo]

Drive off with the electric cord still plugged into your garage at home. Plug replacement required.

Park at an unlevel site and then when it starts rolling a bit, fling your body on the side of the trailer as if you will be able to stop it.

Leave your neighbor in charge of letting out and feeding your dog for the weekend and getting a call that the key he has isn't working on your door. Luckily we were camping only about 1 1/2 hours away.

 

[anolefan]

nm

 

[Tigger1966]

Drive off with the electric cord still plugged into your garage at home. Plug replacement required.

Park at an unlevel site and then when it starts rolling a bit, fling your body on the side of the trailer as if you will be able to stop it.

Leave your neighbor in charge of letting out and feeding your dog for the weekend and getting a call that the key he has isn't working on your door. Luckily we were camping only about 1 1/2 hours away.

Don't feel bad
We had a customer do the same thing with a brand new $500K MH. Ripped out his 50 amp cord, transfer switch and several other parts even did damage to the compartment door. Thousands of dollars in damage

 

[BRDof3]

Anybody know where to find a scissor jack for my TT? We were in a tight camp site this weekend, with a hill at the back of the site, and I was trying to get the TT as close to it as possible. Went a bit too far and bent the back right jack when it dug into the ground.

Hope that's my only stupid human trick this year.

 

[disney4dan]

Had my first black water problem today at the dump station. We had camped locally and had a lot of friends over with their kids. Best I can tell is one of those rug rats tried pulling on the handle for the black tank when nobody was looking and then put it back to shut. The end cap held tight until I'm at the dump station with another camper. I was just kneeling there with my left foot in the line of fire when I pulled the cap off. Must have been two or three gallons held in there that was now all overt new shoes, hands and pant legs. At least the other camper got a good laugh and I was not wearing shorts and sandals!

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Sorry Dan, couldnt help myself !
No thats a lie,,thats just funny. I've had a similar thing happen too. Actually, pretty sure most everyone has had that wonderful experience.

but it is funny.

 

[Tigger1966]

Never trust a sewer gate valve

 

[disney4dan]

I actually wish I had a picture of this for days when i think things are bad. That would be so worth it ;-)

 

[AuburnJen92]

We played newbies today...

My husband and son went to FW early while I worked until Friday. My parents (who were attending a wedding in Orlando) dropped the golf cart and me off at FW after I got off work on Friday for the weekend. Hubby and I did not think to check the hitch ball for the trailer to see if we had put the 1 and 7/8 back on since towing the Jeep. Well, when we went to leave today, we noticed our error....

We had to leave the cart and trailer at FW, drive to Wal Mart in the RV, only to find out that they did not have any single 1 and 7/8 inch hitch balls. My parents were already halfway home by this point and I didn't have the heart to ask them to come back in the horrible traffic on the Turnpike, so I swallowed my pride and had hubby buy the $40 three way hitch ball receiver.

I never learn easy lessons. Never, ever, ever.

 

[Lil' Lisa]

Anybody know where to find a scissor jack for my TT? We were in a tight camp site this weekend, with a hill at the back of the site, and I was trying to get the TT as close to it as possible. Went a bit too far and bent the back right jack when it dug into the ground.

Hope that's my only stupid human trick this year.

Oh sure!!! Swear me to secrecy and then spill the beans yourself!

 

[aclass]

We're still newbies and here are the first of what will likely be many mistakes.

1. Chock the wheels. First non-driveway outing with our new TT, we forget to chock the wheels and the front of the TT lunges onto the outside edge of the ball as DH is pulling TV away. Luckily the car supported the weight until we could jack it up with the bottle jack (which we luckily had from reading forums like this and rvnet) as the front jack and box we had it on were now at a bit of an angle.

2. Turn off the water faucets before de-winterizing. DH was on the phone while I connected the water and turned it on. Shortly after I hear water splashing on the other side of the trailer. I come around to tell kids to stop splashing in the puddles to find the outdoor kitchen has water pouring out around the edges. Kids outside just standing and staring! Kid inside didn't even blink an eye to the faucets running all by themselves! No damage other than pride.

3. Unhook the tow chains. Setting up for the first time at FW, everything all set to pull away from the TT and I look down to see the chains haven't been unhooked. DH was able to stop before it pulled on the trailer too much.

 

[BRDof3]

Oh sure!!! Swear me to secrecy and then spill the beans yourself!

Yeah, well. Anyone who knows me isn't surprised, might as well get some mileage out of it.

I don't mention it around here, my 10 y/o ground spotter keeps apologizing to me for letting it happen. She wants so bad to be perfect, and thinks it's her fault when she isn't. That was Daddy's screw-up, not hers, but she still feels bad about it.

 

[Tigger1966]

If you were in Southern IN. I would give you one

 

[Lil' Lisa]

Yeah, well. Anyone who knows me isn't surprised, might as well get some mileage out of it.

I don't mention it around here, my 10 y/o ground spotter keeps apologizing to me for letting it happen. She wants so bad to be perfect, and thinks it's her fault when she isn't. That was Daddy's screw-up, not hers, but she still feels bad about it.

Just tell her that it happened so fast that I wasn't able to warn you either. And I was on that side of the TT...

 

[tcmsu]

Our first trailer, and first towing experience. Leaving the winter storage facility (where a friend had put it for me the year before since we didn't have a truck yet)
All hooked up, start driving, make a right turn and in the mirror see the steps down and the storage compartment door open and held up with the latch....
Luckily no damage.

Also, leaving a campground, cut a corner a little to sharply to avoid the beautiful Newmar bus in a site on the right, went up and over the rock garden the campground
had put on the corner for landscaping. Trailer bounced around a little, but other than that no damage to the truck or trailer. Some of the rocks needed to be put back into place though....

And no, these don't top Rhonda's story either.....