We are heading off on our trip on April 27 and getting excited until this morning her indoors went outside with the dog said the caravans moved i shot out the the garage to see and low and behold some drunken moron had mounted the kerb and hit the draw bar pushing the van front end over a metre the bodywork not touched thankfully and wasnt able to do much today as we were going out for the day our tug is off the road at the moment so cant hook up to push the van back when we went inside the van cups and glasses had come out of the cupboards and smashed just hope theres no damage to the drawbar really didnt need this wifey very upset now looking to park the van somewhere out the way is anywhere safe from these idiots it could have been a person walking just as easy
Neil
Gerty Dancer said
08:36 PM Jan 26, 2014
Actually nallingtoon it could happen to anybody. Even if your van is parked well off the road. A few years ago I went out to our camper-trailer parked in our driveway, and was very nearly hit while I stood in the door of the camper by a hoon who screamed around the corner nearby. He hit a street tree about 4 feet away instead, and managed to back his dented car off and escape, although we reported the incident and number-plate to the police. Young kids, P plates, showing off or drunk.
Glad you weren't in it at the time.
Woolly said
08:38 PM Jan 26, 2014
You are right Neil, things could of been a lot worse and no one was hurt. But it still would be very annoying, hope that there is no structural damage done, easy enough to replace a few glasses before you go.
jules47 said
08:03 AM Jan 27, 2014
A member on here had his motorhome stored at a storage facility - some young idiots broke into the storage yard and did quite major damage to their motorhome as well as some others stored there.
The broke in - squirted handcream all over the furniture and the bed, broke things, stole things - not to mention the damage just breaking in! Took quite a while to get it all repaired through insurance, they now store it where there is more security with cameras etc.
So not only in your driveway - can happen anywhere!
nallingtoon said
08:28 AM Jan 27, 2014
Yeah suppose we were lucky when you think about whats happened to others but it still made me feel sick to the stomach
We are heading off on our trip on April 27 and getting excited until this morning her indoors went outside with the dog said the caravans moved i shot out the the garage to see and low and behold some drunken moron had mounted the kerb and hit the draw bar pushing the van front end over a metre the bodywork not touched thankfully and wasnt able to do much today as we were going out for the day our tug is off the road at the moment so cant hook up to push the van back when we went inside the van cups and glasses had come out of the cupboards and smashed just hope theres no damage to the drawbar really didnt need this wifey very upset now looking to park the van somewhere out the way is anywhere safe from these idiots it could have been a person walking just as easy
Neil
Actually nallingtoon it could happen to anybody. Even if your van is parked well off the road.
A few years ago I went out to our camper-trailer parked in our driveway, and was very nearly hit while I stood in the door of the camper by a hoon who screamed around the corner nearby. He hit a street tree about 4 feet away instead, and managed to back his dented car off and escape, although we reported the incident and number-plate to the police. Young kids, P plates, showing off or drunk.
Glad you weren't in it at the time.
The broke in - squirted handcream all over the furniture and the bed, broke things, stole things - not to mention the damage just breaking in! Took quite a while to get it all repaired through insurance, they now store it where there is more security with cameras etc.
So not only in your driveway - can happen anywhere!
Neil