Hello all,
Reporting a sad incident. Yesterday, my truck camper rolled back on a SanFrancisco incline without me in it, and went over a curb into a park and was stopped by a tree 20 feet downhill. The truck bed is twisted bad, axle whacked out, rear leaf spring broken. Miraculously for a San Francisco street, no one was hurt, no property damage other than a young tree that valiantly stopped the roll. The FWC camper itself seems fine except for a busted door. All 4 hooks gave away. (more on that later).
The truck has been recovered and safely towed away. Insurance has been notified, but no one has called me back yet.
Here is the situations:
- The camper is still on the truck securely now - i reattached the tie down hooks. However, nothing can be done to the truck without taking the camper off. Whether the truck gets totaled or goes in for repair, the camper needs to come off. And therein lies the rub -can any average auto body shop get the camper off and store it while they repair the truck ?(san francisco space is premium). Thoughts?
- I am thinking of having the truck+camper towed to FWC in Woodland (about 90 miles from here), and have them take off the camper for repair and storage while the fate of the truck is decided.
- I do not have camper jacks - and do not want to buy them right now for this occasion. Even if i did, we don’t have space around the house to store the camper.
- I do not have a spare truck or the intention to buy one to put the camper in. If the truck is totaled, most likely, we will repair the little damage on the camper and sell it off.
Somethings that I don’t know enough about:
- Both the truck and camper have Progressive insurance with collision - but I do not know whether the same adjuster can decide about the truck and the camper. Thoughts?
- Has anyone been in a situation like this?