mark1228
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I think she sounds like a somewhat independent person just by the fact she went without her husband and maybe that same independence drove her to ask for help outside of the group. Just speculation. Either way, I don't see the big deal. I would have been happy to help and not thought anymore about it.
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fpresto
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2oldman wrote:It also sounds like this gal may not have been too well liked by this group.
I think you might be reading more into it than was there. The OP wants us to agree with him not his wife. There are many unanswered questions. Was her rig blocking the road? How old were kids? Who was going to watch them while she directed him into the site? I know I would be a nervous wreck trying to tow a trailer any distance alone with a couple of small kids.
Not everyone can direct. For example my fiancee can't direct at all. She can't judge distance or turn radius. We have learned that for us the best thing, while backing, is for her to drive while I walk beside the drivers door and tell her when and how much to turn the wheel. We almost always get it in the first shot now even into some very tight spots.
As many have said you can't go wrong helping someone.
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hotpepperkid
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Never been ask to back someones rig in before. Was ask once to be the person behind helping. There have been a few times I maybe should have ask them if they wanted me to back it in. Saw one guy and a few of his friends back a 5er up. It took them over an hour, it was fun to watch.
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2oldman
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vanman250 wrote:some reason I felt kind of taken advantage of. I was more upset with myself for feeling that way. Oh...
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BC1
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I probably would have felt odd/strange/? about it too when her friends showed up. I am a single mom w/two young teens and until this Feb. I had a TT and we used my SO's truck. I never liked being dependent on his truck in case he had to work I wanted to camp anyway so I recently bought a MH but when I had the TT I always made sure I got a pull thru site in the event he couldn't make it. If I couldn't get a pull thru I didn't go. Now, If my life depended on it I could back it in or back up if a problem arose on the road but I would not have been comfortable so I really never put myself in that situation.
But not being able to help direct is crazy. My kids have helped back up with the TT and a previous MH for quite a few years and they are 13 & 14 now. (I never relied 100% on them though - but don't tell them that.)
I have absolutely no problem with the MH and it is zero stress with the driving/backing factor. I have and will go camping w/out SO and the MH makes it so much easier.
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shenandoahvalley
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You did the right thing...don't worry about being taken advantage of. The good Samariton will always be rewarded in the end. To those who made comments about her backing skills, I pride myself for having good backing skills, in fact I thought I was pretty hot at it until this weekend when I bought a little lawn cart to pull behind my yard tractor and tried to back it into our garage. Needless to say I looked like I had never backed anything before.
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shorthair
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You have done your annual good deed now feel free to go rain all over someone's parade.Ps I do my level best to avoid such occasions by NOT useing "campgrounds"
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LarryJM
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downtheroad wrote:Certainly nice of you and certainly the way to be.
BUT:
If a person can't back up their rig, they should not be driving it. (period)
I hate to say this, but I agree and would never do what you did because I don't want the liability and the salt in the wound is she was with a group that had already agreed to help her and probably knew she would need help.
She IMNSHO was very inconsiderate in doing what she did.
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jameswb1
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Maybe she will bring you over a nice pie.
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outdoorsman2007
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sctusa wrote:Jonny 31C wrote:You can NEVER go wrong by being a NICE person.
I agree.
I think or at least I hope, most of us would have done the same...
Ditto!
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