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07-21-2016, 04:38 PM
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Is it high enough to possibly be from the end of a bicycle handlebar?
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07-21-2016, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RVEagle
Thanks everyone for your comments/opinions.I love all the ideas about turning the lemon into lemonade, or finding the silver lining. I think I will try to cover the hole with a light, or patch/decal - maybe a Gamecock sticker (lol).
Thanks again for the comments - anyone seen this type of hole before?
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GO COCKS!!!!
I hope your camping neighbors weren't TATERS. 
Sorry about your troubles. Some good ideas here on how to fix.
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07-21-2016, 08:41 PM
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Boys will be boys.....my money is on them....and their sling shot. 
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07-21-2016, 08:46 PM
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Boys will be boys.....my money is on them....and their sling shot. |
X 2 Later RJD
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07-21-2016, 08:47 PM
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07-31-2016, 12:58 PM
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Looks like something from the rear punctured it....tree limb....etc. stinks on a new unit.
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07-31-2016, 04:54 PM
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RVEagle, I agree with you. In the first picture, the right side is the rear of your trailer. The impact came from an angle from the front. There is no scraping or tearing on the piece that was punched in so it was probably a fairly smooth, hard object. Looks about the size of a golf ball? I'd suggest that if it happened on the trip to the campground you would have seen it when setting up so it likely happened after that while you were away.
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07-31-2016, 05:06 PM
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My money is on golf ball. Didi you pass any golf courses or driving ranges?
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07-31-2016, 05:09 PM
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Insurance should cover that, it's too new to be just doing a cover up.
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07-31-2016, 05:35 PM
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I hate this site. Now I have to confess too.
I can't figure what gouged yours. But on the trip home from the dealer, I found a long scratch ALL down the side of my new billion dollar trailer. I can see on the picture I took while hooked up at dealer's lot, ready to leave, that it isn't there. So, I did it on the way home
Only culprit I can conjure is the Shell station in north Nashville, TN.......although I never 'felt' or saw it scrape the side of anything.
And no sooner did I get home but the folding ladder I use to heft my fat butt up into the back of truck to connect the hitch, was setting next to trailer in driveway and I somehow knocked it against the trailer next to the door, making a dent.
I will call them "character marks".
But mine have nowhere near the 'character' that yours does! I vote for a way into trailer to make an "inlet" (I learned that word this week) plug, to plug to the separate 20amp plug at camp pedestals!
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07-31-2016, 06:11 PM
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We didn't notice it until Monday afternoon. During the weekend the site next to us had a couple of young boys - they were gone by the time we noticed it. We spent most of the weekend away from the trailer at a family event.
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young boys... now that's the culprits...
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08-02-2016, 12:42 PM
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What hole? ......  
Decided that a cover-up, with a working light, was better than an attempt to try to patch or replace the whole side piece. The horror stories about delays and quality of repair made the choice easier. I learned a lot about the fabrication of a trailer this way.
Thanks for all the comments, and opinions! I still don't know how it happened, but feel pretty sure that it was a fluke event.
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08-02-2016, 01:37 PM
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Hey, that looks great. (Now EVERYBODY's going to want one!  )
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08-02-2016, 01:37 PM
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Nice job! Made lemonade out of a lemon. You will find any additional lights around on that side of the TT a big help. 
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08-02-2016, 02:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RVEagle
Thanks everyone for your comments/opinions. I honestly don't know how/when it happened.
Some more info: The hole wasn't there before we left home - I have pictures of the trailer in the driveway. Once I got behind the wheel at the house, we went straight to the campground - no stops/parking - I did not get out of the truck the whole trip. I did back up once, in an open lot to turn around. I'm trying to figure out the answer to Steve Urkel's question: Did I do that? I'm wondering if anyone else has found a hole in their trailer like that, and they know how it got there. We arrived at the campground Friday afternoon and set up. We didn't notice it until Monday afternoon. During the weekend the site next to us had a couple of young boys - they were gone by the time we noticed it. We spent most of the weekend away from the trailer at a family event.
My forensic evaluation has the impact coming from the front, going up - since the tear appears to start at the lower left and the energy was dissipated enough to deflect away towards the back and up. But then again, what do I know - I've got a trailer that I drove 96 miles and I put a hole in it!!
I love all the ideas about turning the lemon into lemonade, or finding the silver lining. I think I will try to cover the hole with a light, or patch/decal - maybe a Gamecock sticker (lol).
Thanks again for the comments - anyone seen this type of hole before?
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Yep sure have seen it, mine came from me backing into a concrete table. The ladder broke and the end punched a hole in my back wall, filled it with Marine Tex and put a sticker over it. Exact same hole but on the back wall....  
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08-02-2016, 02:16 PM
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Very nice cover up, looks like it was supposed to be there from factory.
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