I think I read on the other forum that the gate closed on a coach as it was pulling through which tore up the coach and the gate and Newmar had to fix the paint on the new coach. It was something about a sensor failed on the gate or something.
Yup, that was me who took out the gate to the new campground; fortunately, it wasn't the other way around. Arrived there a month ago. No instructions on the gate; no sign; no warning. We unhooked our toad on the side of the road before entering. Since the code reader is on the passenger side, my wife got out of the Jeep, entered our vin#, got back in the Jeep as the gate arm opened vertically; she drove thru, followed by me immediately, after making sure the gate arm didn't drop. As I was entering, saw the arm drop in my peripheral vision; didn't know if the arm was metal or otherwise that might puncture the coach sidewall if I stopped, so kept going, bent the heck out of the plastic arm, which scratched the entire side of the motorhome. After I parked, our neighbor advised that the same thing happened to him a few days earlier (hit his toad cuz he didn't unhitch outside the park); he reported it to the folks at Newmar. He told me that they had guys out there trying to fix it a few times after his incident, but before mine. Nobody from Newmar posted a warning or removed the arm. Turns out it was set on a timer, and without an electrical eye.....so you had 40 seconds from the time the arm went up to get through the gate, but of course there was not any sign or instructions or information so indicating. They did buff out the scratches the first day in the shop......I was told by Newmar service that they've had numerous problems with that system since it was installed by a vendor. Maybe when I return next year, they will have it fixed.
