While traveling in Colorado recently, we found ourselves
behind the tallest trailer I'd ever seen.
It appeared to be a 5th wheel bunk house with
2 stories in the rear?!?
Man it was TALL
To make matters worse they had forgotten to lower
their TV antenna.
We went thru a couple of tunnels and I backed off and
cringed every time
Just one more reason to USE a check list or at least
do a thorough walk around every time you hitch up!
__________________ Peace! Dan & Rita D
2017 Nissan Titan 5.6L King cab 4wd
2016 Evergreen Everlite 242RBS
29' empty nest model. Blue Ox WD hitch
(1 queen bed, large main cabin and huge bathroom)
Camping days 2010-53, 2011-47, 2012-41, 2013-41, 2014-31, 2015-40, 2016-44, 2017-63, 2018-75, 2019-32, 2020-41, 2021-49, 2022-43, 2023-66
I advocate using a small "most important" card attached to a carabiner clip with a short cord that is colored red that simply states "Antenna, Water, Sewer, Electrical" attached to the steering wheel. One could also attach it to an ignition key blank and insert into the ignition. It forces you to consider these things before you start the engine or drive off. Of course anything could be placed on the card you want to remember, for instance "step" for those that don't have automatic ones, etc, etc.
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"I can fix it, and if I can't fix it, I can fix it so no one can fix it!" Ed & Wendy 2009 Georgetown 378TS | 1998 Jeep Wrangler | 1998 Skeeter ZX202C
Nights camped in 2009: 53 | Nights camped in 2010: 55 www.nwjeepn.com
oh dear - yeah that would be scary to watch. My dad had put up a vent for some reason and we didn't know...so we took off hauling and a nice camper at a rest area informed us so that we could put it down. I was glad they did!
On our "maiden voyage" home from Ohio to Georgia we were chased out of Cloudland Canyon State Park (GA) by two rangers in a pickup, blue lights and siren, to tell us our TV antenna was still up.
We had owned the 5th wheel about 5 days at that point and had no checklist.
Thought it funny then. Made checklists when we got home.
__________________ KU4OJ 2008 (or is it 2009?) Rockwood 8280SS - 2022 F-250 7.3L
Lot's of mostly Kenwood radios
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