Leaving Huntsville State Park yesterday, pulling into the dump station. The guy ahead of us comes running out (he was in our larger group) and said it was going to take him a while there - but if we pulled around to the other side, that direction was open.
This caught us a bit off guard as we were already starting to turn in. But we then backed up just enough to cut the wheels on my truck and pull forward back to the road. Went around the "block" and pulled in the other side. As we were dumping the tanks - my wife went around back and said "What happened!" Instant terrible feeling in your gut.......................
Apparently, when I backed up, I caught a gate that was open (parallel to the road). Missed it backing up, but when I pulled forward, the gate which consisted of basically a 4" steel tube just caught the edge of our trailer. The scrape on the side panel looks purely cosmetic - just needs a new decal. But the back - I'm pretty sure the entire panel is shot because of the crack a couple feet from the side. I am fixin to call my insurance agent, because I know the repairs will definately be more than my $500 deductible.
Anybody else done this? What was involved in the repairs? Does the trailer look right after the repairs? I know better than to back up without a spotter, but we were already thinking about when we got home, etc. and weren't paying attention. I mean - I only had to back up a few feet - right? And then you ruin your whole weekend. DOH!
This caught us a bit off guard as we were already starting to turn in. But we then backed up just enough to cut the wheels on my truck and pull forward back to the road. Went around the "block" and pulled in the other side. As we were dumping the tanks - my wife went around back and said "What happened!" Instant terrible feeling in your gut.......................
Apparently, when I backed up, I caught a gate that was open (parallel to the road). Missed it backing up, but when I pulled forward, the gate which consisted of basically a 4" steel tube just caught the edge of our trailer. The scrape on the side panel looks purely cosmetic - just needs a new decal. But the back - I'm pretty sure the entire panel is shot because of the crack a couple feet from the side. I am fixin to call my insurance agent, because I know the repairs will definately be more than my $500 deductible.
Anybody else done this? What was involved in the repairs? Does the trailer look right after the repairs? I know better than to back up without a spotter, but we were already thinking about when we got home, etc. and weren't paying attention. I mean - I only had to back up a few feet - right? And then you ruin your whole weekend. DOH!