Ran over the step!

[REC]

Our step is now mangled, lying in a recycling bin on a beach in Spain.....reminder to check TWICE that everything is where it should be before taking off! Can't get replacement till back in UK, so reminded of our stupidity every time I haul myself into the van!.

 

[Robmac]

I haven't run over a step, but I have driven off without one before - same result!

 

[REC]

I haven't run over a step, but I have driven off without one before - same result!

We left ours a few years ago in Canterbury park and ride.....think we would have learned!

 

[Robmac]

We left ours a few years ago in Canterbury park and ride.....think we would have learned!

I wrote a check list once Ruth, never used it. I always forgot to read it.

 

[REC]

I wrote a check list once Ruth, never used it. I always forgot to read it.

Me too....lost it though! Only one thing to remember outside ....just didn't think.

 

[groyne]

Find a Chinese poundland, they usually have a range of steps.

 

[caledonia]

We bought a nice shiny non spill dog water bowl and drove over it the first time we used it.

 

[Robmac]

We bought a nice shiny non spill dog water bowl and drove over it the first time we used it.

Did it spill?

 

[Wooie1958]

Thank you to whichever one of you it was that left us the brand new unused Fiamma Magnum step at the Château de Valençay aire 6 or 7 years back

We arrived at the aire and there was no one there except the step on one side so we pitched up and i put it on the grass verge to keep it safe.

We visited the Château de Valençay and thoroughly enjoyed it then went back to the aire and found that we and the step were still the only ones there.

Stayed the night and very peaceful it was too being on our own then left the following morning and wierdly the step jumped all by itself into our garage

Still using it today so once again, thank you very much

 

[n brown]

mine fell off my roof rack . a few weeks later ,on a secluded beach in Portugal i saw it being used by a german family . i went over to their van ,gave them a cheery ''danke schoen '' and took it back . later they told me they found it by the side of the road near Burgos

 

[Tezza33]

I found mine at Canterbury Park and Ride a couple of years ago

 

[Wooie1958]

The wife uses ours inside the motorhome to reach a couple of cupboards because she is lickle

I use it outside so i can rach the centre of the windscreen when cleaning it

No actual need for it as a step to get into the motorhome because our electrickery step works perfectly

 

[jann]

Thank you to whichever one of you it was that left us the brand new unused Fiamma Magnum step at the Château de Valençay aire 6 or 7 years back

We arrived at the aire and there was no one there except the step on one side so we pitched up and i put it on the grass verge to keep it safe.

We visited the Château de Valençay and thoroughly enjoyed it then went back to the aire and found that we and the step were still the only ones there.

Stayed the night and very peaceful it was too being on our own then left the following morning and wierdly the step jumped all by itself into our garage

Still using it today so once again, thank you very much

We reversed onto a parking space on an aire in France,opened the sliding door, there was a plastic door mat in exactly the right spot We still use it several years later!

 

[n brown]

steps
while fitting out an old horsebox in maroc for a guy ,i found myself having a row with an obnoxious moroccan guy who was trying to scam me . he'd climbed in via a temporary 4 foot high ladder i'd made from 3 bits of 3x2 nailed to a couple of uprights . in the end i told him to bugger off , waving my hammer .
as he left ,in a bit of a rush ,he misjudged the step and fell astraddle the top rung , crushing his nuts in the process . i can still remember the strange squeal he let out . as he stumbled out ,cradling his nads , he swore that one day he would have a much better camper than me ,M'sieu Brown !

 

[Fullback]

I have a new Burstner 590 with electric step
Forgot the preflight checks and missed the warning light .
Hit a lump of roadside rock with it and had to remove it and throw it in the bin .
Who knew they would be £800 to replace must learn to do the preflight check

 

[trevskoda]

Step rebuilt in by me.

 

[QFour]

Our step is now mangled, lying in a recycling bin on a beach in Spain.....reminder to check TWICE that everything is where it should be before taking off! Can't get replacement till back in UK, so reminded of our stupidity every time I haul myself into the van!.

We have found a few Caravan and MH outlets in Spain. We have also used Amazon when we were on a site for a week.

 

[yeoblade]

I religiously do:

A LAP OF THE VAN

Before pulling away, and sometimes twice if I forgot I've already done it

 

[REC]

Ordered a replacement to be delivered this week as on way home now. The standard plastic ones are no good as we need it adjustable to accommodate the elderly mothers climbing in the van from varying height pavements. Searched high and low for last one and it  was perfect! Luckily the one ordered seems identical!

 

[Trotter]

My step retracts on start up.
The slab of cider didn’t.