It's lunch time here.... story time!! We've gotten hung up with our rig + toad, 4-down, twice now.
Once involved a screaming match. We had just arrived, pulled up to the check-in shack at a campground. There was an incident unfolding at the back of the park and first responders were needing clear in/out access, just as we were checking in, as the host informed us. He told us no motorhomes could enter (yet the park was full of rigs, and the incident in the back of the park was a campfire that had gotten out of control!), but that he would lead us around the park so we could exit. I specifically asked if we should disconnect as the park looked rather tight. He said no. Follow me, quickly. I was right...we got hung up on the first corner, but it wasn't our toad that was the problem, it was the 343" wheelbase of our rig. Nearby campers had to move their cars for us. Finally, at the exit, which involved a sharp left turn, the rig wasn't going to make it, and all 55-ish feet of rig + toad were blocking the entrance *and* exit. I was afraid to back with our toad connected after being told it should NOT be done. So I hopped out of the MH to begin disconnecting, and the guy yelled at me that I couldn't just leave the rig there, and that's when I saw black. Needless to say, we weren't friends after that. He asked what happened if the Fire Department arrived *right now* and I was still blocking. This campground had nice, RV-destroying rocks lining all the tight corners as to protect the grass, as well as along the entrance. I told him the FD could drive over his friggin rocks he put everywhere if they needed to get around me.
The second time was coming home last week. I was driving another car following our rig + toad. Husband got the whole combination bound up trying to make a left turn across kind of a wonky, back-angle intersection. He piped up on the radio while I blocked traffic behind him, "what the heck do I do now?" and I said you're going to back up while I watch. And he did...he was able to jackknife just enough and not upset the front wheels on the toad while moving backwards. Now we know. And it really does help to have a spotter in those situations.