Well, we went on what is likely the last trip in the RV for this year. I had Friday off, and surprised the kids when I picked them up at school. The trailer was already packed and hitched up to the truck. After the busses cleared the way, we were on the road. About 5 minutes down the road, we all heard a loud bang. I looked in the mirrors, and could see all the tires were intact. Handling was still great, so we kept going.
It wasn't until we were home today that I realized where the sound came from. I have a fist sized hole in the diamond plate. It is right above the frame, not sure what I did... I guess I drove over something, and the tire kicked this into the trailer.
This couldn't ruin what was the best weekend of camping yet. The kids all had fun, we had a great site, and neighbours that were not too close and were very friendly.
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This guy is scary, heard a big bang just looked in the mirrors and went on?
Could have lost a trailer from a broken hitch? spare tire gone? A fist sized hole in the plate on the front of the trailer ?? Hmmnn? I think just hearing that noise about 99% of every one would have stopped and looked to see what the heck it was.
How much potential danger did he put his family in.. Yes they are safe , but it could have been bad.
While checking the mirrors for a flat tire, it never dawned on me to check to see if the trailer was still there. Next time I will get out and look just to make sure I didn't miss that 8x8x28' box.
To elaborate, and hopefully comfort you. I could also see the jacks and plumbing in the mirrors. It was a bright sunny afternoon, and nothing obvious on the road in the wake of the trailer. I thought it was one of the 4 bicycles in the bed of the truck settling, as they were all laying on top of each other.
How much danger did this hole present to my family? That is the situation I put them in. Get back to me on that one, would you...
Don't worry about it DANAGER. There are always rude people that have nothing better to do than jump on here and put others down. I sure they do it to everyone they come in contact with in the real world also.
There are other ways of saying what he said, but I am sure he doesn't know about them.
While checking the mirrors for a flat tire, it never dawned on me to check to see if the trailer was still there. Next time I will get out and look just to make sure I didn't miss that 8x8x28' box.
To elaborate, and hopefully comfort you. I could also see the jacks and plumbing in the mirrors. It was a bright sunny afternoon, and nothing obvious on the road in the wake of the trailer. I thought it was one of the 4 bicycles in the bed of the truck settling, as they were all laying on top of each other.
How much danger did this hole present to my family? That is the situation I put them in. Get back to me on that one, would you...
And, thanks for the advice.
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X2 - I would hate to be around that janechucknicodemus guy either!
Doesn't sound like a fun weekend.
To the OP not trying to rain on your parade sounds like you had a great trip. But what the other poster is trying to point out is that, Obviously something happened you felt it. Turns out you hit something and no big deal.
However in the future you may want to stop ASAP to investigate. By inspecting right away you may avoid further damage or a more serious incident. Don't dismiss that loud noise or thump until you pulled over and tried figure out where it came from.
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I gotta climb on ya as well danager but it's mean't with the best of intentions.
My rig was a 38' Mobile Suites being towed by a custom built International toter pictured in my profile shot and like yourself heard a bang with no attendant symptoms but hated the sound and loud noises under my rig mean nothing good in any case so pulled over.
Upon inspection, found the upper shock mount of driver's side rear axle on fiver had let go and the shock got grabbed by the wheel, bent around the hydraulic brake caliper, ripping off the flexible line to that caliper.
Now with airbrakes on my truck and the toter itself weighing 17,600 lbs loaded, the trailer could be towed without brakes to a safer place to repair so I unplugged the fuse to the brake controller and trucked on to a rest stop about 3 miles up the road and proceed to repair the damage and replace lost fluid.
I hope you can see my point though, as many tow these heavier 17,000 and sometimes heavier trailers with pick-up trucks and loss of trailer brakes would be something to deal with when all the fluid is pumped out over a few realtively minor slow-downs before that exit ramp you take needs you to drop speed in a hurry 'cause it tightens up quickly.
That's the worst kind of jack-knife waiting to happen with only a bang for a warning.
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I think just hearing that noise about 99% of every one would have stopped and looked to see what the heck it was. 
me thinks the second a should be taken out of your handle.
