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Lessons learned on a recent attempted camping trip.

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wlnburg
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Lessons learned on a recent attempted camping trip.

Post by wlnburg »

I love this board and use it often to gather information for my own selfish use. I have only been a coach owner for a little over a year and I finally think I have something to contribute. Everything in the list below is just common sense and you many already have this in place, but often I think we get focused on the less important things and forget the obvious ones.

Please feel free to add other suggestions of others can learn.

1. Get a towing service. I use coach net. They are great.
2. Have a plan in place on where to take the coach along the way if you break down.
3. I had planned to take the bus back home to give me time to decide where to take it to get it repaired. I found out a 37’ wrecker and a 40’ bus need a lot of turning room, so that was out.
4. Put every phone contact you have where you can access it. I did not even have the number for Coachnet. Put them in your phone, one a piece of paper or in a directory and put it in your coach.
5. Have water for all traveling with you in case you are there for a while. I broke down in front of a convenience store so it was not a problem but could have been.
6. Keep plenty of fuel in your bus and generator I had plenty to get the fuel station but not enough to run the generator the entire time I was stranded. The coach was stopped in front of where I get fuel.
7. Make sure you have a way to tow the bus. I was blocking a road that had been narrowed down to 1 lane for construction. I took the bumper off to access the tow hooks and there were not any. I did find a strap wrapped around the spare tire to remove it and wrapped it around a support in the front and used it to get out of the road with a backhoe that was working on the road.
8. Have a backup plan. This was to be our family vacation. I sent the wife and kids to a water park for the day while I waited on the tow truck, and we went to an amusement park and aquarium in Chattanooga the following 2 days saving out vacation.
9. Make a list of all those people that tell you, you should have called so and so. So next time you can call them.
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Re: Lessons learned on a recent attempted camping trip.

Post by itchyfeet »

i hope i never need it, but wehre ist the waterpark?

pesche
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Re: Lessons learned on a recent attempted camping trip.

Post by rusty »

Winburg, Thank You for the excellent information.

Wayne
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