Friend of mine in KOA Chula Vista posted some storm damage from yesterday's wave. The owners weren't at home, thank goodness!
Wow, just wow! Where in CV Chuck? That isn't far from our old stomping grounds at Pio Pico.
Don
Chuck,
That is scary to see a coach in that condition. This might be a lesson for us all
to be aware of our surroundings when we park. I am guilty of not looking around
when I park if it is a cloud free, sunny day. Guess they could make one of those
State Farm commercials about that coach. Thanks for sharing the pics of this
accident and from Q.
Carter-
KOA Chula Vista is located south of the 54, close to the 805.
What make is it?
I would hope a Foretravel would have held up a little better!
That seems mostly cosmetic to me. I recommend "Wood Doctor" in the large spray size.
Glad that everyone is safe.
Paul, don't forget some duct tape, too.
Carter-
AND___Shoe Goo!!
Chula Vista means Gorilla Glue in some language, pretty sure.
The moral: Never park near a Tree. Or Lightning. Or Wind. Mind those wide-open spaces.
That coach looks like nothing held it together, disgusting to see. I know if we had one of that make I would be selling it yesterday.
JohnH
The foretravel owners are fortunate. All the current SOB's are similiarily constructed. If you were in that coach you were seriously injured or dead.
With that tree, you would have been dead in any coach.
P
Not necessarily. Welded, laminated, steel framed sidewall has many times that coaches strength. Plus a welded aluminum laminated roof structure and the cabinets mounted into metal to strengthen the roofs corners.
I would not own any coach other than a foretravel or country coach for the crash worthiness.
Remember I put a large car on pieces of wood on a FTX Foretravels roof
I'm a firm believer that after a certain amount of damage from whatever, I don't want the coach back again! Fire...let 'er burn. Wind...let 'er roll on down into the valley. What ever. Some damage can never be fixed.
Bluebirds are steel
You dont sit or park under trees here in OZ for that reason, The Gums drop very large branches,
They have killed a lot of people, Branches dropping,
Its certainly been Flattened out, You wont buff that out,
Looking at those photos again...morbid curiosity. I noticed in the 4th photo, it appears that the rear wheels at in the middle of the coach - really short wheelbase! But I think it's just a optical trick due to perspective...if it was built like that the coach would be a handful in stiff crosswinds!
What is/was "FTX" Was that a model?
Yes. Scroll down toward the bottom of the "Specs" column.
Foretravel Specifications, Floor Plans, Photos & Brochures by Year (https://wiki.foreforums.com/doku.php?id=through_the_years:specs)
Kind of hard to NOT park near a tree here in Wisconsin CGs. We have some beautiful National Forests in the northern half of WI.
Blue Birds are orphans
The structural integrity of a full length slide-out and drivers door does not inspire much confidence. It's true that the steel in an FT or BB may have slowed it down some but that is a Big piece of wood laying there !
Yes, and it was probably a lot bigger before the clean-up.
Whatever laid down on that coach weighed more than 6000 lbs. and I'll bet the remnant in the picture weighs about that.
Love you ernie 8)
All slides, a paint job that cost more than the supporting structure, must have ran out of glue when they stapled this one together. Kinda like new houses where the showcase granite countertops cost more than the cabinets that support them. Bling it on baby! cause we know who is making the purchasing decisions in most households.
I don't think that's gonna buff out. "stepped-on shoe box" springs to mind.
Nobody read the sign that said: "Fold here"? >:D
Laugh now but if a big bird hit our GV front cap, there would be no survivors. That tree was big enough to squash anything like a bug.
Pierce
Truly that was a big tree. I would like to think a FT would not have its roof meet the floor in that situation. But I am certain I don't want to find out.
Serious front end collision with any of our FT would likely end up dead. The front of the RV is just fiberglass and glass.
Weeellll, a high front collision, above the bumpers, yes this would be no good. But I cannot get too concerned about that, seems to me most anything you're likely to run into is also going to collide with the bumpers, which do indeed have a lot of structure behind them. That said my sincere intention is to not run into anything in our coach!
First at the scene of an accident.
Roland
Bluebirds yes but not Wanderlodge. Quite a family too. Strongest bus on the road! But then I have one too. 😁😁😁😁. But looking for newer rig so now looking for an FT. We like the similar quality.
Bluebird school buses still being built. Bluebird RVs no longer manufactured, but great forum support and "most parts available elsewhere.
Had 2 Bluebirds, now a Foretravel.