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05-28-2016, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Colorado
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Wife boinked her head pretty good on pin box,
Besides the RV Safezone product what are you all using to absorb a boink from the pin box.
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05-28-2016, 01:23 PM
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Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
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We use pool noodles to protect our heads from everything.
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
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05-28-2016, 10:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
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DW wears one of these so she can't hurt herself.
photo hosting
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05-28-2016, 10:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Stromsburg, Nebraska
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Don't currently have anything, but have thought of an old Tupperware bowl with lid glued on, with a X cut in the lid that would allow it to be pressed over the pin and create a softer buffer.
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05-28-2016, 10:42 PM
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05-31-2016, 11:24 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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I use the RV Safety Zone one, but recently saw this while walking at a campground:
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05-31-2016, 11:34 AM
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2007 WildCat 32QBBS
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
I use the RV Safety Zone one, but recently saw this while walking at a campground:
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I like it.
Thanks for posting.
Usually I have the back of the truck to the pinbox so we never had an issue.........yet. (probably will now)
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05-31-2016, 11:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Wyoming
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That little kid barely clears the pin. You need a taller wife!
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05-31-2016, 12:51 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 05CrewDually
I like it.
Thanks for posting.
Usually I have the back of the truck to the pinbox so we never had an issue.........yet. (probably will now)
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We all have fears- some rational, some not. I always had this vision of the kids running (especially at night) and taking themselves out on the pin. I've had a pinbox cover from the first season we camped in this thing.
(My review: Learn To RV: Product Review - Pin Box Cover by RV Safe Zone)
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05-31-2016, 12:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
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DW is famous for leaving the cupboard just inside the front door open. She, at 5' 4" has no issue with it, me at 6' 2" have contacted it a number of times. It happens often enough that I am thinking she does it on purpose!
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05-31-2016, 01:02 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by limblips
DW is famous for leaving the cupboard just inside the front door open. She, at 5' 4" has no issue with it, me at 6' 2" have contacted it a number of times. It happens often enough that I am thinking she does it on purpose!
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I have one cabinet in our living room that holds batteries and tools. For some reason, I leave that damned door open all of the time. I'm also the only one who clubs his head on it.
I wish I could blame Dang Wife (DW) - but really, it's my idiot self.
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05-31-2016, 01:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: NE Florida
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I always put my tripod there not to stabilize but to keep people, me included from getting knocked out.
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05-31-2016, 01:19 PM
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Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
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Take a pc of 3" or 4" about 40" long and bungy cord it over the pin and over the pinbox. Paint it fluorescent orange.
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05-31-2016, 04:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 486
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I use flag poles
C.B.
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05-31-2016, 04:26 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: North Carolina
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We have a king pin lock that is bright orange and has a orange strap hanging down. Serves as a good eye catching reminder.
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06-01-2016, 04:47 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Colorado
Posts: 93
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Yeesh can't find that Smart cover..
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06-02-2016, 04:32 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Torch
Yeesh can't find that Smart cover..
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That stinks, I really like the look of it.
Looks like it was a Canadian company. The web wayback machine only has entries for it in 2011.
Untitled Page
I haven't tried calling the number.
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Otherwise, I debated hanging a flowerpot from the pinbox with some fake flowers in it.
OR, hanging a camper sign from it with our names or something.
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Checkout my site for RVing tips, tricks, and info | Was a Fulltime Family for 5 years, now we're part-timing on long trips
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06-02-2016, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
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I like the flag poles a lot. 
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06-02-2016, 05:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Liverpool NY
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The RV dealership I sold for placed large fake potted plants under any 5ers in the showroom so people wouldn't hit their heads...except this one time shortly after I started. A couple were looking at a cash deal on a used TT and he had a firm out the door price. I went to my office and grabbed my calculator so I could back out the taxes, tag fees, etc. so we would know exactly what he was paying for the TT.
I was motoring with my eyes on the calculator and someone had moved the plant. I didn't hit the pin box, just the RV (beautiful Montana). You could hear the boom all over the showroom. One salesman told me the Montana moved a good 6 inches (I think he was kidding). Talk about a headache! I had neck surgery about 5 weeks previously and that was my only worry.
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06-02-2016, 10:49 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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wentcamping, if you click the picture you can then zoom in on Flickr. The website is www.ravencoinc.com which is no longer in service. I could only find anything by using the Internet Wayback machine. I'm guessing they're out of business.
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