happycampersrus2
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Sounds like something you see in the movie "RV" loljim and di said:
What is your most embarressing RVing moment
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Rancher Will
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This reminds me that I once saw, and prevented, "an embaressing moment" for someone.
A few years ago at what was then the Union 76 Truck Stop in Ontario, CA, I observed a person drive an auto beside, a parked 5th Wheel RV. As I watched, the driver of the auto got out of his car, walked to the side of the PU truck that was the toter of the 5th Wheel RV. The man seemed to reach into the back of the cab of the PU Truck. I first thought he might be stealing something. When he walked back to his car he was not carrying anything. He drove away.
Since the owner/driver of the RV was not present, and since I was suspicious, I went to the RV and looked at it. I noticed that the 5th wheel hitch was unlocked and in it's condition, if the PU Truck were to be moved, the trailer would not be connected to the PU truck.
I waited until the driver and his wife returned to their unit and then notified the driver of what I had seen.
He then locked the 5th Wheel hitch and thanked me for saving him an "emberassing moment".
Since that time I too have always checked the 5th Wheel hitch every time I return to our RV after it has been parked, when I also do a "Walk around" before driving away.
A few years ago at what was then the Union 76 Truck Stop in Ontario, CA, I observed a person drive an auto beside, a parked 5th Wheel RV. As I watched, the driver of the auto got out of his car, walked to the side of the PU truck that was the toter of the 5th Wheel RV. The man seemed to reach into the back of the cab of the PU Truck. I first thought he might be stealing something. When he walked back to his car he was not carrying anything. He drove away.
Since the owner/driver of the RV was not present, and since I was suspicious, I went to the RV and looked at it. I noticed that the 5th wheel hitch was unlocked and in it's condition, if the PU Truck were to be moved, the trailer would not be connected to the PU truck.
I waited until the driver and his wife returned to their unit and then notified the driver of what I had seen.
He then locked the 5th Wheel hitch and thanked me for saving him an "emberassing moment".
Since that time I too have always checked the 5th Wheel hitch every time I return to our RV after it has been parked, when I also do a "Walk around" before driving away.
papachaz
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sake of time at the moment prevents me from telling any stories, but i'm gonna have to admit i'm 'borrowing' the phrase 'my wife loves me more than i irritate her' LOL
Our first 5th wheel after the first week I decided to dump the waste tanks. Pulled up to the dump station and took the cap off the drain pipe not realizing the two levers were already pulled out. Got myself pretty wet. Just glad no one was watching.
papachaz
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over on the PoP UP forum i frequent, they call em 'SPUTS' - Stupid Pup Up Tricks!
like not putting the stabilizers down, and going in and walking to the back of the pop up and feeling the tongue lift off the ground....hope the wheels are chocked or you're not on a hill, you WILL go for a ride.
i had the pop up around at the garage working on some mods and when i finished, closed her back down hooked it to the truck to move back around to the regular parking spot. phone rang while i was hooking up. got off the phone, in the truck, and started around the yard to park it. when i started up the hill to the back yard, i felt it come loose and watched in the mirror as it rolled backwards and came to rest against the old oak tree.....getting distracted by the phone, i hadn't finished hooking everything up, the hitch lock lever wasn't down all the way, so that one bumb popped her loose and off she went!
getting distracted while doing ANYTHING is NOT a good thing for me
like not putting the stabilizers down, and going in and walking to the back of the pop up and feeling the tongue lift off the ground....hope the wheels are chocked or you're not on a hill, you WILL go for a ride.
i had the pop up around at the garage working on some mods and when i finished, closed her back down hooked it to the truck to move back around to the regular parking spot. phone rang while i was hooking up. got off the phone, in the truck, and started around the yard to park it. when i started up the hill to the back yard, i felt it come loose and watched in the mirror as it rolled backwards and came to rest against the old oak tree.....getting distracted by the phone, i hadn't finished hooking everything up, the hitch lock lever wasn't down all the way, so that one bumb popped her loose and off she went!
getting distracted while doing ANYTHING is NOT a good thing for me
Just the other day I filled up my rv for the first time. It has a 60 gallon tank and was nearly empty. The previous owners of my rv obviously took the generator for themselves and left and open gas line just hanging. So when the pump finally clicked off at 216 dollars I noticed it was all pouring on the ground from that generator fuel line. I frantically searched for something to shove into it to try and stop it, found a screw that sort of slowed it down until my dad could get there with a 1/4 inch fuel shut off valve for a lawn mower. To make matters worse I was at a walmart filling station and there was two other cars waiting behind me to get gas lol
jeverden
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Had my sewer hose clamp break when I pulled the black water. Black water from my knees down; filled my flip flops. My wife handed my a plastic bag with new clothes.
Now I only use rhino hoses.
Jay
Now I only use rhino hoses.
Jay
papachaz
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vermilye said:
i'd bet there are a lot more of us here who have at some time or other tried to hook up the tow vehicle with the stabilizers down. and on a longer trailer, the tongue don't wanna go up if the back ones are down. ask me how i know.... 8)
EMan508
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These are all excellent stories. I can only share a couple of simple life mistakes.
Back in 2000 I bought my first new to me pop-up camper. I was so proud and it felt like I was living in a condo compared to tent camping. I happily bought new supplies just for the camper. My son and I headed out to the CG and I hooked up the water line. The camper had this cute sink. I carefully turned on the water and watched it slowly flow through the clear hose. At about the 4' point I noticed a pin-hole in my brand new hose, then another and another until I had dozens of leaks. At this point I realized what a dope, I purchased a drip-irrigation hose! The grass next to camper did enjoy the drink on that summer day
A funny non camping story:
Way back in 1982 I owned my first car in high school (I called it the bondo-machine due to number of holes filled with plastic). It was a Mazda MX3 with a manual transmission and semi-automatic choke. Well, I went out one morning and it wouldn't turn over. Seemed like I had lots of battery power going by the lights so I figured the starter gear engaged and jammed. I'm pretty good at thinking outside the box so I decided to take my mothers car and "nudge" it to force the starting gear to move. It was the perfect plan, what could possibly go wrong. So I'm all alone and I line up the cars and nudge it ever....so....slightly when suddenly I notice MY car driving backward away from me! I had left it in reverse (to avoid stripping a gear) and the key had already been inserted and turned on with the choke pulled because it was dead in the morning.
Now, the car can only go in one of three directions, to the right and hit a tree, straight back and enter an open field and then hit lots of trees or go left and head for my parents built-in 18x36' pool. Luckily it went straight. I took off running after it and did manage to catch up to it (it's not easy to open a door moving away from you and then run around the door to get in) and stop the car with only about three feet to spare before getting up close and personal with a forest. Now that I'm thinking about it, this could really have turned out badly if I had slipped getting in. No more nudging cars for me
Ah the good old days!
-Eric
Back in 2000 I bought my first new to me pop-up camper. I was so proud and it felt like I was living in a condo compared to tent camping. I happily bought new supplies just for the camper. My son and I headed out to the CG and I hooked up the water line. The camper had this cute sink. I carefully turned on the water and watched it slowly flow through the clear hose. At about the 4' point I noticed a pin-hole in my brand new hose, then another and another until I had dozens of leaks. At this point I realized what a dope, I purchased a drip-irrigation hose! The grass next to camper did enjoy the drink on that summer day
A funny non camping story:
Way back in 1982 I owned my first car in high school (I called it the bondo-machine due to number of holes filled with plastic). It was a Mazda MX3 with a manual transmission and semi-automatic choke. Well, I went out one morning and it wouldn't turn over. Seemed like I had lots of battery power going by the lights so I figured the starter gear engaged and jammed. I'm pretty good at thinking outside the box so I decided to take my mothers car and "nudge" it to force the starting gear to move. It was the perfect plan, what could possibly go wrong. So I'm all alone and I line up the cars and nudge it ever....so....slightly when suddenly I notice MY car driving backward away from me! I had left it in reverse (to avoid stripping a gear) and the key had already been inserted and turned on with the choke pulled because it was dead in the morning.
Now, the car can only go in one of three directions, to the right and hit a tree, straight back and enter an open field and then hit lots of trees or go left and head for my parents built-in 18x36' pool. Luckily it went straight. I took off running after it and did manage to catch up to it (it's not easy to open a door moving away from you and then run around the door to get in) and stop the car with only about three feet to spare before getting up close and personal with a forest. Now that I'm thinking about it, this could really have turned out badly if I had slipped getting in. No more nudging cars for me
Ah the good old days!
-Eric
skyking1
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Picture all that to the tunes of "yakitty yak" A La Benny Hill!
Put it into the mental Benny Hillifier
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Put it into the mental Benny Hillifier
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moosebear
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Picked up an ole 73 Winnebago Brave last year. Decided to do a few short trips close to home. First two trips were great, only a sink water leak. Third trip was good, until I left for home. Left the park, drove 2 miles to the highway, proceeded to drive south. About a mile down the road I smelled something. Looked out the side view mirrors and noticed a little smoke billowing behind me. I pulled over to the shoulder and stopped. Put the rig in park and went to pull the E-brake and noticed it was still on. DUMB! Thankfully the rear drums were not glowing red. They were pretty warm though. Lesson learned. Won't do that again!
Molaker
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Wanna bet?moosebear said:
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I?m the OP and started this thread because when we are out RVing and stories start to be told my wife and I always give each other ?the look? of should we or shouldn?t we tell our most embarrassing RV story. It is not what we want to be remembered for but sure is funny ?years later. I?ll share it here being it appears worse things have happened.
Many years ago we went to one of our favorite boondocking spots next to a small lake. There are five spots total. There is a hand pump well and a several picnic tables. That is about all. We went out for one week and only saw one other couple for the week. There is an outhouse that we didn?t use. Sure do enjoy being self contained. We enjoyed our week; very much. After one week your tanks start to get full as you could imagine. And notice I didn?t say there was a dump there.
Our mishap happened on our way home. We have to cross the Columbia River, it is a lot closer for us to use a ferry versus driving around. Saves a lot of miles. The ferry is very small. Maybe holds ten small cars total. It is only about a ten minute ride from one side to the other. Anyway when we got to the ferry dock the road crew was fixing the ramp that you drive on to actually get on the ferry. And there were four vans full of Boy Scouts. You could tell they were on some type of outing and coming back in. Just the dust on all the sleeping bags stacked up in the vans and the scout masters at their wits end gave that clue. Boys ranging from 12 to maybe 16 years old. Yelling and screaming and just being boys I guess you could say. The road crew had the ramp all tore up and had the pavement all ripped up. There was quite a bump where the pavement was tore up and big pavement chunks where the ferry ramp started. The ferry came to our side and they unloaded the cars that were going to other way. The deckhand came up to me and said that he will load the vans first, one at each corner of the ferry and then he?ll direct me when he is ready to drive up the middle. He?ll will put me in the middle row and in the middle of the ferry. OK sounded good to me. So there is a van load of boy scouts at each corner of the ferry and we are in the middle of the ferry and middle of the boy scouts. We sat there and watched the boy scouts vans load and then watched the scout masters yell at the boy scouts to stay in their respective vans. We thought what great enternment. Then the deckhand waved us on. I centered up down the middle where the deckhand wanted me to go; everything was alright until I got to where the old pavement was removed next to the ferry ramp. I got the pick up onto the ramp OK and pulled a little bit further stopping just before the trailer wheels jumped up on the ferry ramp. In the mirror I could tell the trailer was low and the deckhand noticed also. He got on his knees and waved his arm forward so OK, I?ve cleared the tires and everything else- well OK. The deckhand now on ferry waving me into position, he motions me to stop, I do, everything looks good. The ferry starts to move. About two minutes go by and some boy scouts just had to get out and look over the side at the water and go talk to their other friends in other vans. This one comes by and at the same time is yelling to his friends about something. He gets about the end of the trailer and yells ?Hey guys look at this? Hey Guys, His turd tank is leaking!!!!? I look in the mirror an see this wet spot around the rear of my trailer. All the other boy scouts exiting their vans yelling ?let me see! Oh what a mess, oh look is that last night dinner? Hey that looks like bobby?s cooking etc? As more and more boy scouts gather I get out to look look and at the same time the deckhand is there. My pipe from the black water tank is leaking big time. This one boy scout says Hey Mister that's a sh**y mess!! HA HA. The deckhand yells to the ferry captain. ?That is the second one today, call the road crew and tell them they must get those pavement chunks out and off the ramp!? The deckhand gets a water hose and starts a pump and starts hosing off the mess. The boy scouts are gathered around like they have struck gold. The boy scouts are mesmerized watching the deckhand hose off the mess. I glance at my wife. She is sitting just looking straight ahead. Shell shocked is more like it. She gets out and walks to the front of the ferry. Hair flapping in the breeze. Not looking at what is happening, she just keeps looking straight ahead or should I say keeping her back to the whole scene? Meanwhile the deckhand keeps hosing off the mess as it is leaking out. This one Boy Scout?s leader, a big dude gets out of his van and gathers his boy scouts . Successful at getting his heard into their respective vans and puts the fear of God into them. I see the deck hand has the mess all washed away and walks up to my wife and says something to her, I don?t know what he says but she walks back and stands next to this ladder that goes up to where the ferry captains sits. I don?t know what the deckhand said to her because I?m back sitting in the front seat waiting for her to get in so we can unload and leave once we get the other side and leave as quickly as possible. Then my mind starts going into overdrive. I didn?t know what the ferry people were going to call this a ?hazardous spill? or if any paper work had to be done or what. Is this considered an accident? What is going to happen next. We get near the other side and dock. The deckhand is real careful in unloading the vans. The deckhand walking alongside each van, almost escorting them off. First the van in front of us to the left and then the van to the right, then the two back vans are unloaded with him walking along side each one real slow. Of course all the boy scouts are yelling waving goodby and laughing. My wife is still standing near the captain?s ladder. I?m thinking OK what?s next? I got out my registration and insurance card and thinking how in the world is this fault. The deckhand comes over to me and says ?OK ready?? I ask ?would you call my wife over?? He says ?Ah, She told me to tell you, she?ll walk off under her own power?. He again asks me ?You ready?? I drive off slow, wondering if the drain pipe is going to break off completly. I drive off and stop on the right side up the ramp. My wife walks up and gets in and says ?drive, don?t talk?. We drive about five minutes in silence and I just could not wait any longer. I ask what did the deckhand told her and why did he have you stand by the captain ladder? She turns to me with her beautiful Mrs. Santa Clause smile says ?I stood by the captain?s ladder so everybody would think I was with the ferry crew and not you! and do you know how embarrassing this is? I reply ?Oh, clever, and when the deckhand came up to you, what did he say? With even a bigger smile she replies ?the deckhand said ?a few turds won?t hurt anybody, I hosed it all off.?
Many years ago we went to one of our favorite boondocking spots next to a small lake. There are five spots total. There is a hand pump well and a several picnic tables. That is about all. We went out for one week and only saw one other couple for the week. There is an outhouse that we didn?t use. Sure do enjoy being self contained. We enjoyed our week; very much. After one week your tanks start to get full as you could imagine. And notice I didn?t say there was a dump there.
Our mishap happened on our way home. We have to cross the Columbia River, it is a lot closer for us to use a ferry versus driving around. Saves a lot of miles. The ferry is very small. Maybe holds ten small cars total. It is only about a ten minute ride from one side to the other. Anyway when we got to the ferry dock the road crew was fixing the ramp that you drive on to actually get on the ferry. And there were four vans full of Boy Scouts. You could tell they were on some type of outing and coming back in. Just the dust on all the sleeping bags stacked up in the vans and the scout masters at their wits end gave that clue. Boys ranging from 12 to maybe 16 years old. Yelling and screaming and just being boys I guess you could say. The road crew had the ramp all tore up and had the pavement all ripped up. There was quite a bump where the pavement was tore up and big pavement chunks where the ferry ramp started. The ferry came to our side and they unloaded the cars that were going to other way. The deckhand came up to me and said that he will load the vans first, one at each corner of the ferry and then he?ll direct me when he is ready to drive up the middle. He?ll will put me in the middle row and in the middle of the ferry. OK sounded good to me. So there is a van load of boy scouts at each corner of the ferry and we are in the middle of the ferry and middle of the boy scouts. We sat there and watched the boy scouts vans load and then watched the scout masters yell at the boy scouts to stay in their respective vans. We thought what great enternment. Then the deckhand waved us on. I centered up down the middle where the deckhand wanted me to go; everything was alright until I got to where the old pavement was removed next to the ferry ramp. I got the pick up onto the ramp OK and pulled a little bit further stopping just before the trailer wheels jumped up on the ferry ramp. In the mirror I could tell the trailer was low and the deckhand noticed also. He got on his knees and waved his arm forward so OK, I?ve cleared the tires and everything else- well OK. The deckhand now on ferry waving me into position, he motions me to stop, I do, everything looks good. The ferry starts to move. About two minutes go by and some boy scouts just had to get out and look over the side at the water and go talk to their other friends in other vans. This one comes by and at the same time is yelling to his friends about something. He gets about the end of the trailer and yells ?Hey guys look at this? Hey Guys, His turd tank is leaking!!!!? I look in the mirror an see this wet spot around the rear of my trailer. All the other boy scouts exiting their vans yelling ?let me see! Oh what a mess, oh look is that last night dinner? Hey that looks like bobby?s cooking etc? As more and more boy scouts gather I get out to look look and at the same time the deckhand is there. My pipe from the black water tank is leaking big time. This one boy scout says Hey Mister that's a sh**y mess!! HA HA. The deckhand yells to the ferry captain. ?That is the second one today, call the road crew and tell them they must get those pavement chunks out and off the ramp!? The deckhand gets a water hose and starts a pump and starts hosing off the mess. The boy scouts are gathered around like they have struck gold. The boy scouts are mesmerized watching the deckhand hose off the mess. I glance at my wife. She is sitting just looking straight ahead. Shell shocked is more like it. She gets out and walks to the front of the ferry. Hair flapping in the breeze. Not looking at what is happening, she just keeps looking straight ahead or should I say keeping her back to the whole scene? Meanwhile the deckhand keeps hosing off the mess as it is leaking out. This one Boy Scout?s leader, a big dude gets out of his van and gathers his boy scouts . Successful at getting his heard into their respective vans and puts the fear of God into them. I see the deck hand has the mess all washed away and walks up to my wife and says something to her, I don?t know what he says but she walks back and stands next to this ladder that goes up to where the ferry captains sits. I don?t know what the deckhand said to her because I?m back sitting in the front seat waiting for her to get in so we can unload and leave once we get the other side and leave as quickly as possible. Then my mind starts going into overdrive. I didn?t know what the ferry people were going to call this a ?hazardous spill? or if any paper work had to be done or what. Is this considered an accident? What is going to happen next. We get near the other side and dock. The deckhand is real careful in unloading the vans. The deckhand walking alongside each van, almost escorting them off. First the van in front of us to the left and then the van to the right, then the two back vans are unloaded with him walking along side each one real slow. Of course all the boy scouts are yelling waving goodby and laughing. My wife is still standing near the captain?s ladder. I?m thinking OK what?s next? I got out my registration and insurance card and thinking how in the world is this fault. The deckhand comes over to me and says ?OK ready?? I ask ?would you call my wife over?? He says ?Ah, She told me to tell you, she?ll walk off under her own power?. He again asks me ?You ready?? I drive off slow, wondering if the drain pipe is going to break off completly. I drive off and stop on the right side up the ramp. My wife walks up and gets in and says ?drive, don?t talk?. We drive about five minutes in silence and I just could not wait any longer. I ask what did the deckhand told her and why did he have you stand by the captain ladder? She turns to me with her beautiful Mrs. Santa Clause smile says ?I stood by the captain?s ladder so everybody would think I was with the ferry crew and not you! and do you know how embarrassing this is? I reply ?Oh, clever, and when the deckhand came up to you, what did he say? With even a bigger smile she replies ?the deckhand said ?a few turds won?t hurt anybody, I hosed it all off.?
Not so much an RV but a tow rig story.
First RV trip out with the new (to us) 5'er. At the time, I had a '71 Ford F-250 gasser. Trip out went fine. On the way back, the truck just rolled to a stop as I made a steep right hand turn in town. The engine would barely crank over. Fortunately a tow truck just happened to be driving by and towed me to the nearest parking lot and didn't charge me anything. Called a buddy and we started working on the truck. Long story short, ended up having a dead starter, first replacement starter was DOA as well so had to get another one. Engine still didn't want to spin over very well. Spotted a bad starter cable, replaced it with new, and then the starter worked great, but still the engine wouldn't start. Turns out the mechanical fuel pump was dead as well, no fuel getting to the carb. So....my buddy who's an International truck junkie said he should be able to tow both the Ford and trailer home as a unit. As I disconnected the drive shaft for towing, the rear u-joint literally fell apart in my hands. He was indeed able to tow everything home at one shot and my wife was nice enough to get a picture of the whole procession as we pulled into our home town and made it into a poster for him to post on his wall (much to my chagrin). It's good to have friends.
The truck was obviously punishing me for not doing enough maintenance and worked well after I took care of it properly. It's still doing RV camper duty for my father-in-law who loves the truck after I upgraded to a Ford diesel last summer.
First RV trip out with the new (to us) 5'er. At the time, I had a '71 Ford F-250 gasser. Trip out went fine. On the way back, the truck just rolled to a stop as I made a steep right hand turn in town. The engine would barely crank over. Fortunately a tow truck just happened to be driving by and towed me to the nearest parking lot and didn't charge me anything. Called a buddy and we started working on the truck. Long story short, ended up having a dead starter, first replacement starter was DOA as well so had to get another one. Engine still didn't want to spin over very well. Spotted a bad starter cable, replaced it with new, and then the starter worked great, but still the engine wouldn't start. Turns out the mechanical fuel pump was dead as well, no fuel getting to the carb. So....my buddy who's an International truck junkie said he should be able to tow both the Ford and trailer home as a unit. As I disconnected the drive shaft for towing, the rear u-joint literally fell apart in my hands. He was indeed able to tow everything home at one shot and my wife was nice enough to get a picture of the whole procession as we pulled into our home town and made it into a poster for him to post on his wall (much to my chagrin). It's good to have friends.
The truck was obviously punishing me for not doing enough maintenance and worked well after I took care of it properly. It's still doing RV camper duty for my father-in-law who loves the truck after I upgraded to a Ford diesel last summer.
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PatrioticStabilist
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This isn't about me. I was talking to the lady at the diesel repair place today and for some reason she started telling about her parents motorhome. She said one time they were on a trip and the kids started telling her dad something in the front didn't look right, there was something out there. I guess he had pulled out the generator for some reason and had not pushed it back in. She said he was driving down the road with the generator sticking out the front.
Now that would make me wonder about someone.
Now that would make me wonder about someone.
afchap
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We met friends at a military campground with our 1 yr old motor home. Had a great time. When departure time came we dutifully went through our carefully prepared checklists inside and out, then pulled out of the campground and apx 1/4 mile to the security gate. It was a tight fit weaving through the gate, but we made it. Then hung a right turn onto the heavily traveled highway and quickly accelerated. Just as the road went to two lanes and we started over a long bridge, DW looks over at me and yells "What is that loud flapping noise?" "I don't know!" says me, and as I glance her way I see movement out the window over the door ...the over door awning is still extended. "Hit the switch and bring it in!" commands me as I hug the center line trying to keep the extended awning away from the metal superstructure of the bridge. "IT WON'T WORK!" says she. Oh yea, the electric awning switches are disabled when the key is on so you can't extend the awning accidentally while driving ...didn't it ever occur to the engineers that I might want to RETRACT an awning while driving??? ...guess not... So on we go about a mile across the bridge at apx 45mph, awning popping and snapping in the breeze. On the other side of the bridge I found a place to pull over and shut down the engine so she could hit the switch again and retract the awning.
The SMARTEST thing I did that day was NOT turning off the ignition key while going over the bridge with a line of cars behind me wondering why the motor home was going so slow ...yep, I thought about doing that ..."Quick honey ....I'll turn off the key for a second and you hit the switch and retract the awning!" ...steering a dead 40' diesel motor home with car and dolly on behind on a two lane bridge in heavy traffic and trying to get it restarted ...I think that would have made the event MUCH more memorable!. ...there is plain old dumb, but with a little effort you can turn simple dumb into really, really dumb!
The SMARTEST thing I did that day was NOT turning off the ignition key while going over the bridge with a line of cars behind me wondering why the motor home was going so slow ...yep, I thought about doing that ..."Quick honey ....I'll turn off the key for a second and you hit the switch and retract the awning!" ...steering a dead 40' diesel motor home with car and dolly on behind on a two lane bridge in heavy traffic and trying to get it restarted ...I think that would have made the event MUCH more memorable!
. ...there is plain old dumb, but with a little effort you can turn simple dumb into really, really dumb!
Foto-n-T
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afchap said:
I guess I used this method last summer while demonstrating some characteristics of Black Powder to a friend. Suffice it to say I wound up with 2nd degree burns on my left hand and a stupid look on my face. My friend made the following statement after I told him I really didn't see the need to go to the hospital. "I guess if you're gonna be dumb, ya better be tough."
