https://www.nny360.com/news/policeblotters/woman-falls-out-of-camper-dies-when-door-swings-open-on-brownville-road/article_f1814804-d257-5bb1-8f1a-eefe22518c5b.html

Woman falls out of camper, dies when door swings open on Brownville road

By Fernando Alba
Syracuse.com
Apr 7, 2024 

BROWNVILLE — A woman died after she fell from a moving trailer hauled by a pickup truck Saturday afternoon in Jefferson County, state troopers said.

She fell after the trailer’s side door suddenly swung open, said Trooper Jack Keller, a state police spokesperson.

======= The family was on the way to watch the eclipse in upstate NY Monday, several of them were riding in the camper. The door opened in the town of Brownville and the woman sadly fell out to her death. Not sure it's legal to ride in a camper, but I am sure it is something I will never do. Stay safe.

That's all I could quote as the site is pay walled, but the article is has also run on other sources, maybe someone can post better link or text.

We bought our camper last spring, and the battery came with it, so I’m assuming it’s at least relatively new. Anyway, after the first long stint in storage (about a month) I noticed that the battery was completely dead when I picked it up. I installed a solar trickle charger and a kill switch. All I need the battery for is to run the fridge overnight before we leave. We only camp places with shore power.

1. What’s the best way to go about checking for parasitic drain?

2. What’s the normal usage expectancy from a non-lithium battery?

3. Anything else I’m missing?

Thanks in advance!

The kid's spring break, a great forecast, and the need to use some time off from work all came together in a fantastic last minute trip for us.

Had a tough time finding open campgrounds in New England this early in the season, but discovered Nickerson Family Campground in Chaplin, CT & feel like we stumbled ourselves into a gem of a trip.

My wife didn't grow up camping, and our few trips last year with our new (to us) travel trailer had my kids being bashful. That all changed this trip, and my wife has seen how wonderful the camping community can be.... To the point where she's talking about making reservations for a month at a time (work schedule is janky with a new job I have coming up) & it'd mean we get out more.

My kids have essentially abandoned me to go ride bikes, bring snacks to others at the playground, and throw rocks in the river. It's fantastic to see that things haven't changed from what I remember when growing up. And seeing my wife come to that realization in real time has been pretty awesome too.

So now I get to sit back, light a cigar (or five) and wait to wave as the kids go tearing past, or have snacks & drinks prepped & ready like it's an F1 pit stop. And I can't imagine a better way to camp.

Not a trip report. Not a gripe. Just appreciation for all you campers out there who make the experience worthwhile for families across the country. It's early in our season here, but I hope you all enjoy the heck out of your camping adventures this year!

I paid a $1k deposit(credit card) & signed 2 copies of a cash-sale agreement (or deposit agreement? The document is 2 pages titled "Sales Quote" but it is signed by me & the sales manager, & I was given the 1 copy to take home), but I didn't sign a bill-of-sales. I'm scheduled to pick up the used trailer in the near future once they do the dealership prep/look-thru (unsure of the exact term, but it's the thing they do with every sale to make sure things look good to go), & add the WD hitch that I got for half off as part of the sale agreement. The dealership finance office emailed me a couple days later asking me to sign & send them the bill-of-sale. I don't have a bill-of-sale, I only have that signed copy of the deposit agreement in the folder they gave me (along with a day-of-delivery-checklist & warranty printout sheet). My question: can I walk away from the agreement if I hadn't signed a bill-of-sale? What could I be facing legally if I do walk away?

Relevant info: I live in Alberta, Canada. They have my credit card info for the $1k deposit & my driver's license info.

Ideal outcome would be that I can walk away without losing any money, but I would settle for the second best outcome which is losing the $1k deposit.

(Please be nice, I already know I'm a giant idiot! Been bashing my own head over this.)

What is a good meter to check how many gallons I've pumped into my fresh water tank. I've noticed the meter in my camper is not so accurate. Something I can reset each time I fill the tank.

Thanks

I have a Class A that's windshield needs to be reseated/resealed. Its falling out! I can't seem to find anywhere locally (Colorado) that does this kind of repair. None of the regular windshield shops will work on rvs and none of the rv repair places do windshields. Google led me to one place that works nationwide but I never got a response from them.
Does anyone know of a place in Colorado? Or even just suggestions on what kind of places I should call around to ask? All the rv repair shops/windshield shops I've contacted had no suggestions.

Hey Y'all,

I was looking for advice on how to add adding an inverter to my trailer and if any of yall had any ideas.

I reached out and confirmed with Jayco that the pre-wired loop for an inverter only supplies power to some but not all of the 120VAC recepticals. I do almost all boondocking and have LifePO4 batteries, 200W panel on roof (factory installed, going to add more, the stock charge control can handle 600W~) and a generator.

The main reason I want an inverter is to run the microwave and any other random small powerload AC doodads. I'll rather not have to run the gen for just wanting to run the microwave or coffemaker for a few minutes. I also would not want to have random power cords running around the inside to the recepticals that would have power, cause I have little kids.

Could I just run a cord from the inverter to shore power plug? I'm assuming I would have to then mess with the power converter so it's not trying charge my batteries. Can I back feed the power converter from the loop? Same assumption applies, if it would even work.

My only outside storage is a camp kitchen, and the front pass-thru storage. There is a 120VAC only mini fridge in the camp kitchen that would be nice to run when I wanted it, but not needed.

Thanks in advance!

First time poster! We are in the market for a new toyhauler. Currently have a 17 stealth bumper pull and looking to upgrade to 5er.

I got the attached quote for a Stealth 3019 from a dealer we bought our current camper with.

MSRP $114,800 reduces to current price of $84,992. The research I’ve done shows these campers are priced in the surrounding area of $5k-7k less than they have this one priced at.

I’m told this unit has been on the lot for a year. They offered to include a hitch in the deal.

I am considering trading it in ( dealer offered $16k), since we had no success selling it on our own.

I realize the market isn’t ideal, this is a WANT not a NEED. Would really like some thoughts on deal no deal, negotiating lesser price, etc. thanks

My wife and I want to get a travel trailer ideally around $15k, with bunkbeds and a normal queen bed. Any suggestions?

Hi all, kind of a unique request. I am looking for fifth wheel make/model/floorplans that have the following:

• Bunks or bunk room for two kids (kids are younger)
• "Work from home" space even if its tiny. I am not picky on space, but would want to combine acoustic tiles + noise suppression headphones for my occasional work calls in WFH
• Separate "couch" and "table with chairs/dinette" - I am not a fan of the floorplans that have just a couch and no place to sit and eat
• Looking to find the shortest length floorplan that meets all these needs

Thinking about spending a year or two on the road as a family. I work remotely and was looking for fifth wheel floorplans that have a small space I could work towards soundproofing however possible. My top contender was a floorplan I can't seem to find anymore that had rear bunks and a full bath towards the rear, then a half bath for the master bedroom. My plan was to convert that half bath to a soundproofed office.

I appreciate any ideas or suggestions!

Hi all! We are going on July to Los Angeles and would like to rent Rv. Do you have good tips where to rent Rv on LA, what is good to know when renting Rv on U.S., what Rv rent businesses we should avoid, etc?

We are 2 adults and 2 kids (10&12 years old). We have some experience for rving in Europe, but not in U.S.

All tips are appreciated! Thank you :-)

I’ve read quite a few posts that discuss negotiating based on the MSRP, but I haven’t had any luck finding an answer to the following question:

If a vendor lists the MSRP for a certain trailer for, say, $60,000 and then offers a sale price of $40,000, what’s a realistic expectation for final pricing? Is the advertised price, about as low as one could hope for or is there room for negotiation still?

For the trailers I’m looking at, $40,000 seems to be the lower end of advertised sales prices nationally, but I don’t know if that data actually means anything.

There’s a place in south eastern Ohio called Ohio power . It is very Primitive But very cheap, all you need is a n AEP card or permit and it’s free . It use to be 240 acres of reclaimed land with unlimited amount of stocked fish . There are rules and what you bring in must go out with you. The best kept secret in southeast Ohio .

We went and looked at a new trailer last night. He offered to see what they could do on it. So we say sure. So he writes it all up, he knew we had a trailer and even though I didn't say I wanted to trade it he came back with a laughable offer of 8k on our '21 that was 24k when we bought it. (I'm not going to trade it)

The trailer is 30.8k with an MSRP of 38k. I made an offer of 24k which of course he said he can't do. We ended up walking, he said he would keep working on the finance guy and would call me Wednesday.

A few things that struck me as odd was that:

A. He said he doesn't get paid commission. Seems odd to me. He said he doesn't work for the finance guy, I think he's full of shit especially cause he told me he drives a LTZ Silverado.

B. He can't go lower because of freight and it costs about 5 grand and then 4 grand to ship the trailer from Indiana to Washington.

C. They don't charge for freight and PDI where the other dealers charge for those things adding 5k and 1-2k to the final price.

I'm not a great negotiator but it seems that it's a buyers market from what I've read. The trailer has been on their lot for "a few months". I don't mind waiting but I assume he'll call me Wednesday with a slightly lower offer. At that point what do I say? Do I keep pushing the 24k?

I found the same trailer for 24k, granted it's in Indiana so minimal freight. He pulled the "well you'd still have to use your time and money to drive there and get it. To which I told my wife think about all the places we could camp on the way back.

Hey all, looking for some input on an issue I’m having on my grand design imagine 2600rb. I dewinterized this week, sanitized the fresh water tank, and filled it up. Typically I fill until the gauge reads full or water starts to come out of the overflow valve but, this time it came out of the gravity fill port first. Luckily no damage to, or water in, the trailer! Assuming the overflow tube was clogged I stuck a wire up the outlet until it hit a hard stop about 1 foot in, no clog as far as I can tell. I also emptied the system and tried again, same result. Anyone have an idea why this could be?

We just got back from Manchester State Park (Port Orchard, WA) and had a great time. Typically we seem to travel out of state for camping or go over to the Chelan/Leavenworth area, but it made us wonder what spots around us are worth planning a trip to.

So the question is, what are some of your favorite places to take your RV in Western or Central Washington? Places with water access, or fun options/amenities for families would be especially appreciated! TIA.

My rig currently has the old Winegard ConnecT. With that model, you are unable to pick your service….it comes with ATT and they want $99 per month for 20gb of data. The Winegard ConnecT 2.0 allows you to swap SIM cards so we could use our Verizon plan and they only want about $60 for 150gb. Has anybody swapped the 2 systems and how difficult was it? TIA!

I planned to buy a truck and TT for about a year and finally pulled the plug past weekend. We did a 30 minute drive to a nearby campground to try everything out. Some thoughts:

1. I need more small containers to hold stuff in place. I have a lot of open storage spaces, but they're so big everything slides around.

2. Bigger, open campgrounds will be my friend. This one had spaces so small and close together I could barely fit my truck in the space, let alone the trailer.

3. Tent camping is dead to me.

4. The University of YouTube is fantastic. I had nearly zero questions and didn't feel like I needed any more tools or equipment with me.

5. Don't tighten my sewer hose to the campground sewer as tight as it will go. It got stuck and took me an extra five minutes and some banging to get it separated. Which was less than fun as the fumes were in my face.

6. Grey tanks can fill up fast. Mine is only 30 gallons.

7. I probably need a bigger diameter fresh water hose so my tankless water heater will have enough flow to operate off the spigot instead of only off the fresh water tank.

8. I jacknifed the trailer while backing, but had the sense to only go about 1mph so damage was super minimal and limited to the hitch and tongue. My spotter (wife) was essential to not hitting more things.

9. A mattress topper or new mattress is a requirement before the next trip. They should honestly sell RVs without a mattress if they're going to be that bad.

10. Running the heater the first time will set off the smoke alarm. On that same note, a space heater is perfect if attached to shore power

11. Blank tank flush connections are indeed pretty useless. Just flush, refill, flush again, refill again, flush again. Worked way better.

12. RV neighbors are friendly and will talk about your setup with you.

First time de-winterizing, and overcoming some maintenance gremlins, but got it done just in time for the kids spring break & the eclipse today! Lucky to have found a local-ish campground open as well, since most don't open around here until May

Looking to upgrade my Apex nano 185bh to a 194bhs or 208bhs. I'm confident I can tow the 194bhs but I'm hesitant about the 208bhs.

The 208 has a uvw of 4260 and gvwr of 6000 lbs and a hitch weight of 596. My Silverado trail boss has a payload of 1611 and a gvwr of 7000. The gcwr is 15000, and gawr is 3800. We have a family of three at 380 lbs (overestimating and adding room for my kid to grow).

According to my math

1611-596-380=435 left for gear.

Obviously I don't want to go 100% weight.

Is it a bad idea to go for the 208?

This was our first ever time camping! Pinery Provincial Park in Ontario Canada. Chilly nights right around 0°C (32°f). Had a blast. Can’t wait for next weekend!

Replacing my AC in my rv and I need this 6 pin adapter anyone know what it's called ? Can't find it for the life of me.