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336muffin · 05-24-2014, 01:42 PM

Close call #2, gentleman pulls up in front of my coach after hours. There is a slight incline.......40ft dp,......shuts it off and jumps out to knock on my door,.......FORGOT THE PARKINGBRAKES! MH starts rolling and I'm yelling!...........he chases it, jerks the door open and grabs the air valve which slams him into the dash!

Gordon Dewald · 05-24-2014, 01:55 PM

Put your TV antenna down as well as close the vents on a TT.

B D HOWie · 05-24-2014, 08:26 PM

Sometimes analog is a good backup for digital (I use both). A few labeled cloths pins on the flipped down visor only removed "after" the task is done, not when I start out to do the task. It is easy to be distracted on the way to do one thing and ending up seeing and doing something else. Visor does not go up until all the cloths pins are stowed.

Antenna down
Welcome sign stowed
Outside thermometer brought inside
etc. Small things, but aggravating when left behind and thought of an hour down the road.

Have fun safely
Paul

Grandpere · 05-25-2014, 08:35 AM

2 smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, multiple fire extinguishers (3 in mh and 1 in toad), proper sized wheel chocks for mh and toad, minimum 8 ton hydraulic jack for mh and 2 ton floor hack for toad, 2 ton jack stands to put under mh or toad in case jacks fail. Truckers atlas, GPS, and a membership to iRV2

Not a safety issue, but be sure to have a good set and variety of tools to handle most of the problems that can arise.

plasma800 · 05-25-2014, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arch Hoagland

Had two new tires blow out at the same time on a travel trailer.

By the time I got stopped one was smoking so I grabbed the fire extinguisher out of the trailer. You know, the one that is always by the entrance door.

What a joke RVIA approved fire extinguishers are.

I mitigated that problem and I now carry five extinguishers inside and outside my coach.

I suggest you do the same or at least replace the original.

And carry GOOD ones too, those little guys they put on board aren't all that great. They might put out a pan of bacon that just broke out, but other than that....

plasma800 · 05-25-2014, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 336muffin

Close call #2, gentleman pulls up in front of my coach after hours. There is a slight incline.......40ft dp,......shuts it off and jumps out to knock on my door,.......FORGOT THE PARKINGBRAKES! MH starts rolling and I'm yelling!...........he chases it, jerks the door open and grabs the air valve which slams him into the dash!