FleshEater
Ordinary Average Guy
In August of 2016 a friend of mine bought a new 5th wheel, turns out it was about 15K cheaper in Ohio than anywhere in TX and it was around 2k for the round trip fuel. We left the dealer in Ohio and ran to Indianapolis and stopped at the Cabela's on the east side of town, fired up the generator and went down for the count at 11PM. Around 12:30 I woke up to quiet beeping coming from the middle of the trailer (I was in the mid bunk room). I fumbled around looking for the mystery beep for about 5 minutes, turns out it was the CO detector in the kitchen island. I ran up to the master bedroom and opened the door and the exhaust fumes took my breath away, Danny woke up but he needed a hand outside.
I killed the generator and we stood outside for about 30 minutes getting some fresh air, figured that if we were awake we should be making miles west, so we drove on for another 2 hours until it was all we could do to keep each other awake, did a 2 hour truckstop nap, and stayed in proper RV parks with legit electrical hookups the next two nights.
The wind died after we had fell asleep at the Cabela's and the exhaust pooled in the tuck bed and just seeped into the neck of the trailer, I'm just glad I was in an uncomfortable bed and a light enough sleeper to have heard the alarm.
Man talk about a close call.
I’m always concerned about this stuff and really thought I was okay since I was working at the edge of the door. I guess one can never be too careful when dealing with fumes.