ib516
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After dropping the 5er on my truck a week ago (new tailgate now), I blew out the back window today. 
We pulled into a roadside picknick area today, only to find the large turnaround plugged by cars parked there (illegally I might add) by hikers. I should have known better. I tried to back out of the parking lot onto a busy highway, and being careless and in a hurry as there was a break in traffic, I backed until the 5er contacted the truck and BOOM! No more back window.
Luckily, I didn't damage the truck body or the RV, and the tint film (and some duct tape) are holding the shattered glass in place as I have 500 miles to drive home tomorrow. Hope it holds. New window goes in on Monday - $400. That should be the trifecta. Tailgate, hail damage, and now the window. What a cruddy couple of weeks. 
I have decided that I should get better insurance, or give up RVing. What an idiot I am!
2010 Cougar 322QBS 5er
2007 Dodge 3500 SRW Megacab, 4x4, 5.9L Cummins, 3.73, 48RE auto
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skylos
Cameron, MO
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Ouch, I feel for your frustration. I bent a tailgate and good (didn't replace it, just took it off), and dropped the trailer twice - once without much effect, and once bending the rail of the truck bed pretty good. (once again, left as it was, no repair)
I'm confident that if I had a configuration where I could damage things by merely turning to sharply, I'd have done that too. I know I have certainly ranged through a full 180 degrees in maneuvering the trailer around.
Was it the right or left front corner that touched the window?
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TXiceman
(Near) Houston,TX
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Better yet, buy a long bed truck...
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Vintage 1989 Avion Silver, 34V, toted by a 2002 F350, crewcab dually, 7.3L,4.10 axle,SCMT. Travel with one miniature Schnauzers, one standard schnauzer and one African Gray parrot. Practicing for retirement!
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fordsooperdooty
Southern California
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Either get your rig "excorcised" by the local holy man, or get a PullRite SuperGlide!
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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GPerson
Fayetteville, NC
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Get a Blue Ox bed saver. It is the best insurance against dropping your rig.
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rick83864
North Idaho
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What luck, IIRC a gravel hauler unloading in front of you, hail, a dropped 5er, now a back window. Sure glad you don't have a PSD 6.0 for the final 500 miles.
Just kidding guys as I know IB is a true Dodge guy.
Flame suit on tonight only.
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barney1726
North Carolina
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This is probably a stupid question and I am new to a 5er, but how are the rigs getting dropped on trucks? I don't want to make the same mistakes. I'm so nervous about it now that I am triple and quadrouple checking things already.
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Reader1
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DH blew out the rear window of our truck just last week. New rule - No backing unless someone watching. I also would like more information about dropping the rig on the truck...
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Paul Clancy
BC Canada
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Pulling the hitch release lever before the landing gear is down. Easy enough mistake to make but can be dangerous to arms as well as truck/trailer.
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skylos
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The first time I dropped my trailer, it was because the previous owner incorrectly trained me on how to operate the hitch, and did not realize it was not latched.
The second time I dropped it it was because it was only half latched because I was at an angle, and couldn't get it to latch, so I was trying to edge forward to even things out and just pulled too hard.
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