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07-19-2005, 02:57 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
1986 32' Excella
vledder
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Sorry for beeing wrong .
Remco
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07-19-2005, 07:15 AM
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Aluminut
2004 25' Safari
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Yer a brave man Pork. I would have worried about a wind storm that could have driven anything up against the coach. Heck, those pesky pine trees also have some of the worst tree sap...hope you're all Walbernized (makes it easy to get the darn sap off with warm(er) water). 
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07-19-2005, 09:07 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
Join Date: Jun 2005
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you have one big set of pig b*lls...........i would never do that. in fact the professional guy that brought my trailer to me backed right into my pergola and almost knocked it down. moved it 3 feet when it hit.
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07-19-2005, 05:35 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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Experience is the best...
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Originally Posted by desi arnaz
you have one big set of pig b*lls...........i would never do that. in fact the professional guy that brought my trailer to me backed right into my pergola and almost knocked it down. moved it 3 feet when it hit.
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If you back the trailer into a new space every couple of days, it gets to where you can back it into spaces no average person would dream of trying.
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07-19-2005, 06:21 PM
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Rivet Master 
Tonka Bay
Join Date: Aug 2003
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2015 Sprinter Class B Camper Van
(Former 1971 vintage Airstream Owner)
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07-19-2005, 06:56 PM
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Most excellent backing job. There should be some kind of Airstream prize for the most difficult site to back in to. You would have certainly won it for this one.
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07-19-2005, 07:07 PM
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 790
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Sure that wasn't a pull thru? Glad you did'nt have to do that at night. Great job. How do you keep that 34 footer exterior clean while on the road?
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07-19-2005, 07:14 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,936
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Gosh - did you at least buy those two nice trees a drink FIRST?
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07-19-2005, 07:21 PM
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Cartoon Character
2004 34' Classic
On The Road
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Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 885
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Originally Posted by Tinsel Loaf
Sure that wasn't a pull thru? Glad you did'nt have to do that at night. Great job. How do you keep that 34 footer exterior clean while on the road?
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It was supposed to be a pull thru ... but it didn't work out that way. After getting set up ... I walked over to the office and found a note for me saying ... "Be Careful!" 
I must admit now that while circling around looking for our site ... I knocked over a dead tree stump that was holding a solar powered lamp ... thought I damaged the trailer ... turned out the awning arm grazed it and knocked it over ... no damage ... whew! ... that was a close one. Then I mustered the courage to park it! 
As for cleaning the 34 while on the road ... that's a tough one. The trailer is filthy dirty right now ... but I located an excellent RV wash station in Spokane ... so the AS gets a bubble bath tomorrow.
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07-19-2005, 08:00 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 25' Safari FB SE
St. Cloud
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Remco -- I've kept my eye on the roadside caravans on le Tour. Out the corner of my eye I may have seen the characteristic Airstream contour for about one second on today's stage to Pau. Couldn't tell for sure... If only there were more 'over there!'
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07-20-2005, 09:58 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 31' Sovereign
Colfax
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Porky,
Holy Moly that was some good parking.
I am impressed!!!!
Marie
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07-20-2005, 10:24 AM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
1960 28' Ambassador
Northern
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,921
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Not to compete but....
This was my first time backing into a site ever....
It was also my wife's first time directing me. Not even a scratch 
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07-20-2005, 11:38 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 31' Excella
Abernathy
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 865
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To park on my RV space at home, I back 185 ft up a city T-alley, across the regular alley, and into my backyard through an 11 ft gate...first missing the dumpster on the curb side at the beginning of the T-alley by hanging left towards the streetside of the trailer, then manuvering to the right side as I back up the next 100 ft. to line up with the gate all the while missing the neighbor's fence on the curbside.
All my neighbors come out to watch if they are home....just so they can see someone actually back a trailer.
I have been backing trailers since I was 8 yrs old at Grandma's farm.....once you get it down it is like riding a bicycle.
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07-20-2005, 12:32 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Nice park job, Porky... but I don't know what all the fuss everybody is about... you still had a good 8" on each side to play with! Geez... 
Roger
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Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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07-20-2005, 01:30 PM
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
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i havent towed the airstream yet, but i have no problem with my 6x12 box trailer, i really dont think i could ever be as percise as porky though...
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07-20-2005, 04:00 PM
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Cartoon Character
2004 34' Classic
On The Road
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Join Date: May 2002
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This was my first time backing into a site ever....
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Tim ... I salute you ... you are a man among men. 
Doesn't leave much room for the awning, eh?
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TrailerGypsies.com
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07-20-2005, 04:06 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1975 23' Safari
1978 31' Excella 500
Franklin
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Wow! Did you light the hot water heater that night? If what I see in the picture is you hot water heater it looks awefully close to that pine tree! You could have had a new definition of 'camp fire'.....
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07-20-2005, 04:11 PM
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Rivet Master
1967 26' Overlander
Huntsville
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,018
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Originally Posted by Safari Tim
...It was also my wife's first time directing me...
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My wife is very good at giving directions too.
But I am also quite proud of the mirrors I have for both trucks!
Tom
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07-20-2005, 04:32 PM
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Moderator
2004 30' Classic Slideout
Fenton
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 10,411
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Campground Follies II
We watched a fellow wrestle a big fifth wheel into a too small campsite. It was a chore, and not because of trees and the like. I'm guessing he was a newbee and should have asked for something else but then again you know some of us guys are  . He was going to prove a point and get that trailer into its assigned site! Besides that issue, he and his wife and kids were having a difficult time communicating (both in seeing each other, and their opinion as to what was right) in regards to positioning the trailer.
After what seemed to be 20 minutes of jockeying the trailer he finally gets the fifth wheel to barely fit on the site and at that point tempers were flairing, doors were being slammed and arms were flying up in the air. We were already in stitches from watching this circus, but it really got funny when he plugs in the power and then realizes that he can't open the slide out because its right next to the power pole. He at that point gets back in the truck and starts to jockey the trailer again only to realize that the site is too narrow and will require the front or rear of the trailer to hang out in the road.
Ah yes the joys of camping!
Jack
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07-20-2005, 04:40 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,259
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i feel his pain.....
norby 
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