New Project...New Start

[Davagio]

Well everyone its been a while since i have been on here. Last month (on February 10th) I got rear-ended by a man going about 60 mph in a newer Chevy truck while i was at a stop turning left. Up until that point i had towed my 850lb 1972 Boler (Fiberglass Camper) over 30,000k miles in a year and a half. Long story short the trailer basically exploded and went into the back of my suv shattering my back glass and the top half ended up on top of my vehicle totaling it as well. So that day i lost my home and my Suv got totaled (The SUV i had fixed to the best of my abilities) i am now selling the SUV because the frame of the trailer knocked off the towing hitch of the SUV and bent my right rear frame down about 3 inches. So here i sit designing a new home for myself. I will try to throw in some pictures along the way...this was the outside, The renovated inside, and the aftermath.

[rockinrobin]

Ouch!!! Good thing is the trailer may have saved you!

[dales133]

Poor guy that was a nice trailer.
Hope your doing alright mentaly and physically since your ordeal.
Xhin up brother

[Vedette]

Would you like to have another Boler?
They are fairly plentiful here!
Hopefully you got a good settlement from your insurance company to replace your home.
Hood Roads
Brian & Sandi

[pchast]

Wow! Glad you are Ok.

[mustangcats]

I agree with what has been said...the trailer most likely saved your life or at the very least, prevented serious injury. Stopping on a highway to turn left is always a concern of mine. And when towing a trailer it's not as easy to see what is coming up from behind.

[Davagio]

Ouch!!! Good thing is the trailer may have saved you!

i think the trailer did absorb alot of the impact for sure, the frame took a hit as well...The Lord was looking out for me that day for sure.

Poor guy that was a nice trailer.Hope your doing alright mentaly and physically since your ordeal. Xhin up brother

Thank you brother i appreciate that it has been really tough mentally but i guess we have to take the good with the bad.

Would you like to have another Boler? They are fairly plentiful here! Hopefully you got a good settlement from your insurance company to replace your home. Hood Roads Brian & Sandi

I think i am going to just start a new build, i thought about getting another Boler but i just had so many issues with that thing through the year and a half i owned it that i think starting from the ground up would be a better option for me. And the insurance is just a mess! still going through that ordeal, honestly the insurance is the worst part of it all to be honest.

Wow! Glad you are Ok.

Thanks pete yeah im doing, some days are better than others, but eventually it will iron itself out!

I agree with what has been said...the trailer most likely saved your life or at the very least, prevented serious injury. Stopping on a highway to turn left is always a concern of mine. And when towing a trailer it's not as easy to see what is coming up from behind.

Yeah i could never see what was behind me because my trailer was always wider than my mirrors, so i definitely know that feeling for sure. I guess maybe its good in a way because tensing up probably would make getting hit like that worse? who knows at the end of the day.