What’s the worst bone-headed mistake you’ve made before pulling out in your RV

[Ventana]

Paying money for it

 

[Fish]

I drove from Corpus Christi, Texas to Dallas, Texas ( 7 hours or so ) with the roof vents open on my Travel Trailer before I realized they were open, needless to say they were missing when I got to Dallas, and I had to go by Camper World to buy some new ones before continuing my trip North. I am thankful it didn't rain that day. This happened about 10 years ago, I always make sure they are shut before hitching the trailer now.

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Another good argument for vent covers. I put them on every rv I get. Mainly so I can open them when it's raining.
Also I had one shatter one time, if I had have had a vent cover on it I wouldn't have had to make a mad dash for a replacement with rain coming.

 

[LasLow]

Yesterday I picked up my trailer and brought it home to get it ready for our next trip. I noticed the back up camera was not working. I got home and pulled out the manual, and came to the conclusion that the screen and the camera were not paired. By the way, it was 100 degrees here in Tucson, and very humid. So I tried to “pair” the screen and camera. This involves touching the screen and then running to the camera and climbing a ladder and pushing a button on the camera. This has to be done within 20 seconds. While I am in the middle of this, my wife is coming out and asking me questions, like,” Honey, did you put garbage in the recycle bin? “ etc. After about 10 unsuccessful attempts, and profuse sweating and cussing, I decided to call the dealer who installed the system. I was put on hold for service about 15 minutes, and then when I reached them, the lady said I had to put in a request for some help on line in order to get a call back. This was on a Friday.
She said it would take 3 business days to get a reply, and because of the weekend and Monday being holiday, they would not be able to reply by Thursday. I slammed the phone down and was ready to go buy a new unit. But then I searched the computer, and lo and behold. one other person had the same problem. He said you have to turn on your lights. Bingo! The manual did not mention turning on your lights.

Sounds sooo familiar. Bought mind during a rainstorm so the lights where on when I pulled away. The minute the clouds parted and the auto lights went out so did the camera. Thought I got screwed. Did research on line and finally found the simple solution. Still felt like a fool though. Glad I am in good company!