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.

 

[AuburnJen92]

holy cow

 

[BRDof3]

holy cow

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

 

[VACAMPER]

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

 

[BRDof3]

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

You're up, have at it.

 

[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 !

 

[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 !

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.

 

[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! 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! 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. (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. (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. 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...)

 

[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. 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.