DickOK
Tucson Arizona
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Saw ours open in the mirror once. I think I bumped the handle when making the bed. Now we have a piece of velcro around the handle.
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Sea Dog
Ontario Can.
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SkiingSixPack wrote:Reminds me of a friend's story of when they were driving, his daughter of about 8 yo, got up to use the toilet. She came back, didn't say a word. About 5 minutes late they noticed the noise. When they asked her what happened to the bathroom window... she said, "I tried to opne it and "poof" it was gone."
After alot of laughing by her brothers and Mom, her Dad asked her that next time the window goes "poof" to let him know!!
If I had pulled a stunt like that at eight years old, I would have finished the trip standing up!
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b_salgado
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Mine also opened going down the road. I was on a back road only about 2 miles from home. I noticed it in the mirror. I pulled over and latched it tightly. when I got home, I went to Lowes and picked up a couple of clevis pins. I then drilled a hole through the latch and the bracket. I installed the pins and haven't looked back since. If there is an emergency, it operates just like a fire extinguisher, pull the pin and pop the window. Easy simple fix and stops me from having ANOTHER item to check before departure. If I have the windows open, the pin will store in the bracket without issue.
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Bubby's RV
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Thanks, I never realized the window would fall out if opened. I just thought it swung up.
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Hornet28BHDS
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Thanks for the warning! I've seen that happen before!
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tom_kat
way upstate new york/lake george area
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have heard a lot of windows being lost in the last year our older rv has a slideing emergency window it cant fall out but think its smaller then most of the exit windows today,hope no one ever have to use theres, has any one tried theres out its a big drop going out head first.
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Southwind85
Where I Park
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tom_kat wrote:has any one tried theres out its a big drop going out head first.
Mine is 22x22 once you get the hinged window out of the way. (I assume the hinge thing breaks at some point at which time you get hit in the head by the entire window) Then there's nothing to hold onto outside and a 5ft drop to the ground. The same concept is much higher up for other RV's like 5th wheels. It may meet the letter of the law for escape windows however operationally it's at best very very poorly thought out.
IMHO, there's no point in escaping and breaking your neck. I won't even bother with the cute red handled window, I'll go out the back window 5ft away and use the roof ladder to get down safely.
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tom_kat
way upstate new york/lake george area
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our back window is solid but bigger then the exit window i would have to smash it out to get out to the ladder but would be better then falling on your head from almost 6 ft up.
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loedman1
Napa, Ca.
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Sea Dog wrote:SkiingSixPack wrote:Reminds me of a friend's story of when they were driving, his daughter of about 8 yo, got up to use the toilet. She came back, didn't say a word. About 5 minutes late they noticed the noise. When they asked her what happened to the bathroom window... she said, "I tried to opne it and "poof" it was gone."
After alot of laughing by her brothers and Mom, her Dad asked her that next time the window goes "poof" to let him know!!
If I had pulled a stunt like that at eight years old, I would have finished the trip standing up!
I was raised in an era and household where there were no excuses for screwups.
Thank goodness that era is gone, to punish for an accident caused by innocence is just wrong.
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j.p.f.
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I wonder why I haven't ran over one of these windows out on the hwy? I seem to hit all the gaters!
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