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03-18-2021, 12:47 AM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
Posts: 4,884
THOR #6826
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
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Ah yes the days when cars were simple!! Lovely old Jeep too.
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03-18-2021, 12:55 AM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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My first car was a 1945 MB
But it was made by Ford: not Willys.
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03-18-2021, 06:33 AM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2019 Aria 4000
State: Utah
Posts: 336
THOR #15943
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My gosh, I'm surprised they didn't total that one out. All that torque on the entire drivetrain had to have heated everything to the point of meltdown.
Gary
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03-18-2021, 11:46 AM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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 One thing is for sure: it didn't do it as bit of good... 
Jeeps still retain a pretty good amount of off-road capability. It amazes me that people buy them without realizing that they may require some "extra knowledge" about how to use them properly... 
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03-18-2021, 12:50 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 14,389
THOR #7035
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
One thing is for sure: it didn't do it as bit of good...
Jeeps still retain a pretty good amount of off-road capability. It amazes me that people buy them without realizing that they may require some "extra knowledge" about how to use them properly... |
Kinda like RVs 
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03-18-2021, 12:52 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Amen...
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03-18-2021, 12:58 PM
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Miramar 37.1
State: California
Posts: 2,497
THOR #12698
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I would think he must of felt the drag as he was towing it?
Paul
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03-18-2021, 01:08 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Miramar 35.3
State: Pennsylvania
Posts: 211
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Originally Posted by paulwadley
I would think he must of felt the drag as he was towing it?
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He may have until it blew up. Then he could drive forever and never know it was back there!
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03-18-2021, 01:14 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2020 Magnitude SV34
State: Florida
Posts: 4,164
THOR #12751
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That is why I have a check-list I go through everytime I hook up my Wrangler and unhook it..... just like the pilot on a plane going through their check-lists.
There are too many things to remember that have to be done in the proper sequence. It is easy to miss a step... or think you did it when you didn't. Even after going through my check-list I double-check it again!
A very expensive lesson learned!
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03-18-2021, 01:46 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Still Looking
Model: S.O.B.
State: Florida
Posts: 684
THOR #14543
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I did a step-by-step checklist, word for word from the owner manual, with connecting on one side and disconnecting on the other side, and laminated it. We keep it in the driver's door storage pocket. We follow that list religiously. The only thing we've ever forgotten was switching on the Demco braking system one time. Fortunately that was just a short low speed local trip.
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Some Other Brand w/2020 Jeep Gladiator Toad
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03-18-2021, 02:10 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulwadley
I would think he must of felt the drag as he was towing it? Paul
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Some folks just have extra thick skulls, and nothing gets through...
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03-18-2021, 02:13 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: North Carolina
Posts: 499
THOR #19102
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Originally Posted by PictureTheSouth
Stories like this - in conjunction with my increasing level of failure to pay attention to detail - are the things that make me think it best to get something from the local "Rent-A-Wreck" when were somewhere for a few days rather than towing.
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Yeah it always seems to be the brand new ones that get totalled. Remember the brand new raptor that caught fire and took part of the brand new tiffin with it.
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03-18-2021, 09:40 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Tuscany 45lt
State: Colorado
Posts: 13
THOR #21333
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Yep, on the laminated checklists next to the drivers seat. Only thing I would add to everyone that has a checklist like myself is after you have exited the, (Jeep in my case), do a last minute double check by opening the door and looking in and doing a; steering unlocked...check, T-case Neutral...check, parking brake off...check, because when you go to climb out of the drivers seat you want to pull the ebrake and or turn that ignition off out of habit. I have done it. sitting there in the seat, set everything, and just before opening the door to get out reach for the key I just turned to unlock steering. Accidently leaving the ebrake pulled can cost you the whole vehicle when it catches fire from the heat 10 miles down the road. Another little trick for those of you with the crank up tv antennas; our old coach had one, and I had a toothpick with tiny red pc of tape flag that I kept stuck in the antenna rotate knob. As soon as I raised that antenna I would put the toothpick flag in the ignition hole. Never forgot to lower my antenna.
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