Damaged The Cat Today

Well I guess it was bound to happen, I was pulling out from my RV-Pad along the house to get the trailer over to the dealer to have the slide adjusted. The back right rear of the trailer cheated to the right while I was pulling out/turning left. The awning support arm caught the edge of the wooden post and yea you guessed it took out the support arm and clearance light lens.

Needless to say I was very ticked off , but whats done is done..... Told the dealer after you make the adjustment to the slide please fix the awning support arm. Dealer did say that Dometic wont sell just one suppoort arm and they come in pairs, so that will add to the cost of fixing it.

I did make my gate opening a little over a foot wider, so hopefully this will never happen again. Should have the gate re-built in the next couple of days....

Ouch! Sorry it happened.

Sorry to hear you had a problem. If you own a 5th wheel, sooner or later, we all have had or will have an issue. My issue was the first year we purchased our WC, our tailgate came down and destroyed the front cargo door. It's all a learning experience.

Sorry to hear about your little brush with the post, I think there are some Dometic awning arms on Ebay, It might be cheaper than a pair.
this is an Ebay number for a pair 170552290574.
Sean

Sean wrote:Sorry to hear about your little brush with the post, I think there are some Dometic awning arms on Ebay, It might be cheaper than a pair.
this is an Ebay number for a pair 170552290574.
Sean

Thanks for the words of encouragement, and Sean thanks for the ebay link, I will check it out...

Our first outing ever in our Cat. Which is our first fiver ended in turning too sharp and the tail hitting a dumpster near the dump station. Damaged a bike and bike rack too. About a 20" gash in the side.
I brought it to a collison center and said fix it perfect. they did. It was the best work i have ever seen. Joe is a friend and knew the importance. I think I am experienced in a fiver enough now to maybe get a new one but you never know.

Say Bill, just wanted to know who is fixing it for you. We live just down the road from you so if we ever have a thing we know who to go to or not. You can sent me a e-mail if you want to. Tim

We also tapped our awning arm coming through our neighborhood... too many cars parked too close together. One little tap and the arm was broke!! No damage done to the other cars rearview mirror!

Our dealer replaced just the one arm, but it was way expensive!! We just went ahead and used our insurance!!

It really does just make you sick, doesn't it? Sorry...

Timflood wrote:Say Bill, just wanted to know who is fixing it for you. We live just down the road from you so if we ever have a thing we know who to go to or not. You can sent me a e-mail if you want to. Tim

Tim I sent you an email....