Guess what happened here...
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Tuned
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Guess what happened here...
This is not my doing. It was at an adjacent campsite. But this post is not about me being perfect and bashing someone else. I have had my share of mishaps. For instance, I once decoupled my trailer before chocking the tires. I almost sprung a stinky leak when the trailer slid back. Fortunately I was on relatively flat ground and the tongue jack's foot stayed on the block and kept the trailer from crashing to the ground.
Anybody else with a story to share?
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Looks like they forgot to pull up the tongue jack. Good think they didn't make it to the pavement.
Instead of chalking your tires, you should chock them. My kids kids get pissed off when I use their chalk for chocks.
Instead of chalking your tires, you should chock them. My kids kids get pissed off when I use their chalk for chocks.
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A good trick that kinds sorta helps with this, if you think you might forget to put your tongue jack up, is to use at least a few 2x4's under it. Then when you pull forward it'll slide off them and a) you'll feel it and investigate or b) it'll be a few inches higher and less likely to dig a trench. Also helpful if you camp in soft areas, or you if you don't like to run the tongue jack down so far because you are impatient.
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A good trick that kinds sorta helps with this, if you think you might forget to put your tongue jack up, is to use at least a few 2x4's under it. Then when you pull forward it'll slide off them and a) you'll feel it and investigate or b) it'll be a few inches higher and less likely to dig a trench. Also helpful if you camp in soft areas, or you if you don't like to run the tongue jack down so far because you are impatient.
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Tuned
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Looks to me like they did hit the pavement. Nice black spot right where the dirt meets the pavement.
Chalk/chock, that's because you typed it wrong, lol, SmileSmile
Chalk/chock, that's because you typed it wrong, lol, SmileSmile
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I wass setting up one night with my old prowler, the wife was puttering around inside and had not chocked my tires, set the jack on the block I normally used and disconnected from the truck and it rolled back and dropped off the block. Boy was the wife calling me all sorts of things that night.
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I wass setting up one night with my old prowler, the wife was puttering around inside and had not chocked my tires, set the jack on the block I normally used and disconnected from the truck and it rolled back and dropped off the block. Boy was the wife calling me all sorts of things that night.
My experience with my first hitch kept me from making that mistake. I couldn't get the coupler to come off the ball unless I chocked the tires and let the truck move forward so the ball wasn't up against the coupler lock. It took me a while to figure that out. There was a lot of frustration and use of a crow bar until the light bulb finally went on over my head. I think the angle of the WDH head might have been part of the problem.
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I wass setting up one night with my old prowler, the wife was puttering around inside and had not chocked my tires, set the jack on the block I normally used and disconnected from the truck and it rolled back and dropped off the block. Boy was the wife calling me all sorts of things that night.
