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03-07-2021, 09:45 PM
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Can this be fixed? Or get new cab?
Well I did this at home with routine maintenance. [emoji849][emoji849] 7 years pulling fifth wheel. Dropped rv on truck. Got distracted by neighbor. Is it repairable? State farm gives me a lifetime guarantee on the repair so if they use a little Bondo and I have a problem in the future it could be redone. Trying to load pic
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03-07-2021, 09:47 PM
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If the insurance company says it's repairable and no frame damage, just fix it.
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03-07-2021, 09:51 PM
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Thanks for the opinion. I got lucky because I was pulling away very slowly and when I heard the sound immediately slammed on the break and the king pen was still resting I’m part of the hitch and because of that I got no damage to the RV and it only fell about 3 inches onto the bed rails.
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03-07-2021, 09:54 PM
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...sounds like really minimum damage & not "structural" at that. Yep, I'd suggest fix'er and never look back (...er, well, maybe it IS a good idea to look back  ).
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03-07-2021, 09:56 PM
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🤣. Wish I could show pic. Not let me. [emoji849]
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03-07-2021, 10:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by quick83
Well I did this at home with routine maintenance. [emoji849][emoji849] 7 years pulling fifth wheel. Dropped rv on truck. Got distracted by neighbor. Is it repairable? State farm gives me a lifetime guarantee on the repair so if they use a little Bondo and I have a problem in the future it could be redone.
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Well, join the club
I did that a few years ago, after my wife told me she didn't think the hitch locked I was in a hurry and ignored her. I'm still paying for that one!
I smashed the side rails and the tailgate pretty good. No damage to the RV.
It was cheaper, faster, and better for the repair shop to find a complete used bed and paint it, swap it out. Insurance covered it all and the repair shop adjusted the numbers so I didn't even pay the deductible.
One thing about dropping your RV on the truck once is that nobody I know that has done it, has repeated it
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03-07-2021, 10:17 PM
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I dropped my 5th wheel off of the hitch moving around in a camp ground. It totaled the tailgate and bent the side of the box. I was lucky, I replaced the tailgate and jacked up the side of the box with hydraulics. This cost me $1,100 to repair it I had a $500 deductible and if the insurance fixed it they would access a $400/ yr times three years surcharge on my policy. So it would cost me $1,200 + $500 =$1,700 to have the insurance pay $600. Unless you have accident forgiveness plan on your insurance plan. Good luck!
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03-07-2021, 10:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elind
I dropped my 5th wheel off of the hitch moving around in a camp ground. It totaled the tailgate and bent the side of the box. I was lucky, I replaced the tailgate and jacked up the side of the box with hydraulics. This cost me $1,100 to repair it I had a $500 deductible and if the insurance fixed it they would access a $400/ yr times three years surcharge on my policy. So it would cost me $1,200 + $500 =$1,700 to have the insurance pay $600. Unless you have accident forgiveness plan on your insurance plan. Good luck!
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Or do like I did, let the insurance pay for it and then when it's time to renew your policy and they jack up the price, get a new company for the same or lower payment for the same coverage. Yep, the new companies know about your claim, but they want your business more.
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03-07-2021, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by quick83
🤣. Wish I could show pic. Not let me. [emoji849]
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“Not let you.”
Follow the instructions in post #7 of this thread ==> https://www.forestriverforums.com/fo...sics-6778.html.
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03-08-2021, 01:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMWildcat
Well, join the club
I did that a few years ago, after my wife told me she didn't think the hitch locked I was in a hurry and ignored her. I'm still paying for that one!
I smashed the side rails and the tailgate pretty good. No damage to the RV.
It was cheaper, faster, and better for the repair shop to find a complete used bed and paint it, swap it out. Insurance covered it all and the repair shop adjusted the numbers so I didn't even pay the deductible.
One thing about dropping your RV on the truck once is that nobody I know that has done it, has repeated it |
Im raising my hand to the "One and Done" club. Only Ive done two things, once I dropped the 5er on the bed, going slow like OP, all I had to do was replace the Bed Rail Caps, cheap.
The second was a failure to lower the tailgate..............Now I have a Louvered tailgate I dont' have to lower when I unhitch. Not as cheap.
If there is a way to screw up, most of us have done it, once, and done with that one! I keep looking for new ways to screw up. 
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03-08-2021, 08:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMWildcat
One thing about dropping your RV on the truck once is that nobody I know that has done it, has repeated it |
If only some people could learn that quick with marriages.
A tire dealer I knew was married 5 times, twice to the same woman. (No, it wasn't wmtire) 
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