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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Topic: What happens when you forget something. Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 7:41pm |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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john in idaho
Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Location: Eagle Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 611 |
Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 7:32pm |
Get a Save - A - Jack and you won't have to saw off your jack post.
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Eubank44
Newbie Joined: 14 Nov 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 3:53pm |
I had to saw about 3" off of my jack because of my driveway grade. This has not presented any problems. My wife and I both do checks before trailer is moved. I also have a routine and list.
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 1:15pm |
Yes, I should make a pre-tow checklist.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 9:25am |
We use a written list and verify each item on it.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 8:39am |
My wife and I split duties at the trailer door, she does the inside and I do the outside, and we don't bother each other. Works pretty well.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 8:14am |
Good suggestions. I was saying that I do the hookup, and then my wife take a visual afterward to see if I missed anything, not that we work on it together.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 6:59am |
Just a suggestion from aviation:
Insist on a sterile environment while doing your "preflight" walkaround. That's what pilots do, and it works. No chitter chat or doing things out of sequence. If two people are performing the checks, one needs to be responsible for each task, otherwise you can end up with the "I thought you were checking that" scenario. In pilot training I got that drilled into me, my flight instructor would deliberately try to distract me and then point out anything I missed because of the distraction. Annoying but that's how you learn.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 02 Jul 2020 at 7:04pm |
I asked my wife to start coming behind me and double checking to make sure this does not happen again. The problem was that I got distracted by something. Hopefully, she will help me not to miss things like this again.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 02 Jul 2020 at 3:52pm |
I actually attempted to take off with the jack down once. I was on my way to Niagra Falls, and I did a one night lay over, so I could arrive there early A.M.. So when I pulled into the over night spot, I didn't unhitch, but I did lower the jack to take some of the weight off the truck. In the morning, I plum forgot it was down. I realized it within a couple feet, Luckily, it was dirt. Nothing like getting that first stupid mistake out of the way nice and early in the morning.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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