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07-09-2019, 01:36 PM
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Member
Name: John
Trailer: Scamp
Michigan
Posts: 45
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Why hadn't I heard of these?
Got 'em at Harbor Freight for about $10
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07-09-2019, 01:43 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 13 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe
Posts: 8,520
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They are great for beginners. I have seen them handed down several times.
I have come into possession of them several times also, and always found a grateful recipient. They do work pretty good.
Tow vehicles now have backup cameras which sorta obviates those things.
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07-09-2019, 02:01 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 93 Burro 17 ft
Posts: 6,024
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Dunno why you had not heard of them. I have had some for more than ten years. But I hardly use them any more.
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07-09-2019, 04:45 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Kelly
Trailer: Trails West
Oregon
Posts: 3,046
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Maybe you have not heard of them because you never read the postings in this forum where people have talked about them? This is far from the first time they have showed up in threads.
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07-09-2019, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Escape 17 ft
Posts: 8,317
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I've had a comparable set for ten years. Mine have a reflector with an LED inside for hooking up at night instead of a tennis ball. They collapse down to about 8 inches and store in my glove box.
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07-09-2019, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Carl
Trailer: 2014 16 scamp side dinette/Rav4 V6 Tow pkg.
Pennsylvania
Posts: 578
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I keep on saying " I got to get a set " I mange to hook up with out, then forget it, till i have to back up again. They do not even cost much. Carl
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07-09-2019, 07:23 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Justus
Trailer: Currently Shopping
California
Posts: 291
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Magee
Dunno why you had not heard of them. I have had some for more than ten years. But I hardly use them any more.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by k corbin
Maybe you have not heard of them because you never read the postings in this forum where people have talked about them? This is far from the first time they have showed up in threads.
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What a welcoming bunch you two are!
Our little trailer has a tongue weight around 250 pounds. Moves around real easy at the coupler. If I miss with the backup camera, it just scoots into place.
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07-09-2019, 07:33 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Name: Gordon
Trailer: 2015 Scamp (16 Std Layout 4) with '15 Toyota Sienna LE Tug
North Carolina
Posts: 5,156
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Looks like they have been around in one form or another since at least 1956...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2815732
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07-09-2019, 08:06 PM
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#9
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Senior Member
Name: John
Trailer: Escape 21, behind an '02 F250 7.3 diesel tug
Mid Left Coast
Posts: 2,941
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if the ground isn't dead level flat, such that there's even a slight difference in angle between thee trailer and tow vehicle, they don't work so great.
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07-09-2019, 08:52 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,706
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The ones I bought bent when I was trying to collapse the rods about the third time I used them. The metal went into the recycle bin, the foam balls into the garbage.
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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07-10-2019, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Jerrybob
Trailer: casita
Washington
Posts: 703
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Don't need them....after years of experience...my wife knows how to give perfect hand signals when hitchin up.....plus....she's a great cook and fun to talk to.
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07-10-2019, 11:05 AM
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#12
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Senior Member
Trailer: 93 Burro 17 ft
Posts: 6,024
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
The ones I bought bent when I was trying to collapse the rods about the third time I used them. The metal went into the recycle bin, the foam balls into the garbage.
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You don't know your own strength. You just need to lay off the Wheatie beer!
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07-10-2019, 02:36 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Name: Kelly
Trailer: Trails West
Oregon
Posts: 3,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Justus C
What a welcoming bunch you two are!
place.
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Why hadn't I heard of these?
You know what they say....ask a silly question and you get a silly answer
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07-15-2019, 01:26 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Elliott
Trailer: Bigfoot
Everywhere
Posts: 462
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They're also way less useful/necessary than they used to be. Backup cameras are only mandatory starting 2018, but they've been common long before that.
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