I got into this last year, bought my first travel trailer just before I bought the Pioneer. Little 18' dbl axle just for me and the wife. It had only been used one season and the people traded it in. Probably too small for them, perfect for us and I saved a ton on it.
It's always something with a trailer it seems, nothing is ever 100%. Didn't have hot water first trip out because I didn't do all the valves right, lesson learned. Couldn't pull in any TV with the antenna for first couple trips, turned out to be a bad $2 patch cable. Power tongue jack went out on second trip, replaced with beefy one.
Took the last camping trip of the year this past weekend. Got out of work Thursday and beat ass home, 1.5 hrs each way from work. Scrambled to get hooked up and grab last minute crap and hit the road. Drove a little over an hour to campground and wanted to get set up before it got dark. Hooked up the water and plugged in the power, gave the wife the key and told her to turn the fridge and hot water on. Just got done setting the stabilizers and went to roll out the power awning, door was locked...wife's standing next to me and key was on the table! There's only one way this is even possible to do. Getting dark, locksmiths and RV dealers are closed. After a few choice words, (she said I was actually pretty calm about it), jumped back in the truck and drove all the way back home for the spare key. Got back to the campground around 10. Walking around trailer Friday and notice water coming from WH compartment, leaking from drain plug. $5 for two of them but a b**** to get to. Packing up to leave and retracting awning, stopped short, took it out and back again, stopped short. Then it just clicked. Turns out the grab handle at door was turned back and blocking the arm. Dealt with it manually and bungeed it back to ladder for trip home. Took to dealer, burnt motor $399. Wouldn't you think it would just pop a fuse or something? Yes, some of these were operator error but it's always something, ugh!
Sorry for the rant, had to share my vacation story. Can't wait for next year!
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