MapNerd
RVF 1K Club
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2019
- Messages
- 2,298
- Location
- Prince William, VA
- RV Year
- 2020
- RV Make
- Newmar
- RV Model
- Ventana 4326
- RV Length
- 43
- TOW/TOAD
- 2020 Ford F-150
- Fulltimer
- Yes
Womp womp. Seems it happens to everyone at some point but I got too close to a tree today when trying to back into a really tight spot. I knew it was going to be tricky when I pulled up as we’re in a state park and the roads are narrow and they haven’t cleared any trees back from the road. Still, I thought I could get in as the site was 50’ long and figured surely with a site that long they’d considered turning radius for a rig that long.
The tree was on the driver side and to try and angle myself in, I’d gotten close to it but figured I’d then come straight back enough to clear the front of the rig from the tree, then cut hard again. What I didn’t notice was that the tree was leaning at a slight angle in towards the rig. I’d already manually straitened the wheels but apparently not quite enough and as I backed up slowly I moved closer to three because the wheels were not perfectly straight and then I felt the thud and hit the brakes. I immediately knew it was the tree. Initially though, I thought I’d just dented my baggage door. Thankfully it’s far less. Just some scratches that I’ll have polished out.
I went back to the office, asked for a different site and went and checked it out first. Much easier to get into. Lesson learned, if you think it’s too tight when you pull up and it makes you squirm in your seat, move on because it’s probably too tight.
The tree was on the driver side and to try and angle myself in, I’d gotten close to it but figured I’d then come straight back enough to clear the front of the rig from the tree, then cut hard again. What I didn’t notice was that the tree was leaning at a slight angle in towards the rig. I’d already manually straitened the wheels but apparently not quite enough and as I backed up slowly I moved closer to three because the wheels were not perfectly straight and then I felt the thud and hit the brakes. I immediately knew it was the tree. Initially though, I thought I’d just dented my baggage door. Thankfully it’s far less. Just some scratches that I’ll have polished out.
I went back to the office, asked for a different site and went and checked it out first. Much easier to get into. Lesson learned, if you think it’s too tight when you pull up and it makes you squirm in your seat, move on because it’s probably too tight.