Whoops our pickup camper fell on its side ! Our camper crashed- We had a car accident
Thursday 23 December 12:15 our world was literally almost turned upside down. The front wheel got of the road and with a lot of bad luck we ended up on its side in a ditch.
What went through my mind the moment we knew the car was going to overturn? Besides the fear that we might turn completely upside down, my strongest thought was that this meant the end of our free life. The existence that we have consciously and unconsciously been working towards for so many years. Away from the rat race, consuming 24/7, sitting inside, the stress and especially being lived by society. At that moment I thought that all of this would be reversed in one blow. We climbed out of the car, stunned. All very surreal. Once out of the car we suddenly thought of Dobbe. I hadn't heard him bark, was that a good or a bad sign? Bad scenarios ran through my head. Berto crawled back into the car and not much later pushed Dobbe up through the door where I picked him up. All the while he had been quietly waiting for us at the bottom of the car, fully convinced that we were coming to rescue him, my dear Dobbe.
I never thought for a moment that we would not survive in a physical sense, only mentally. At that moment I literally died mentally for a while… But luckily it turned out to be only a coma from which I woke up again. After all, you must act, save what can be saved, and support each other. Slowly you get out of the black again. The hope gets back that everything will be all right, that we will soon be able to resume our journey, but above all the knowledge that nothing or no one can take away our free life. That is something that is very deep inside, which is now anchored in us. Everything will be fine, if not then anyway. A saying of a dear friend of the past, and my saying for life ever since. Because it is so true!
Ps. Thanks for all supporting and warm reactions people all over the world send to us. Special thanks to @caseshotel where we could stay the nights after it happened despite being closed for Christmas. We wouldn't have known what to do without a warm shelter where we could sleep and recover. Thanks to the local Spanish police, fire brigade and ambulance for their reassuring words, patience and support. Thanks to the salvage company that, who with a lot of persistency and creativity, finally managed to put our pickup camper back on four wheels. Many thanks to the accidental passer-by, without his help it would not have been possible to salvage the car that same day. After many cold and exhausting hours we could finally relax in our hotel room that night. Most thanks are for my brother and his family who arranged everything we needed when we got back to the Netherlands. I love him to the moon and back.
I have watched the video and read the comments and despite the initial surprise at the lack of damage, I learnt that unfortunately that there was more damage upon full inspection. I am glad to read that the insurance company paid out and that the unit has now been fully repaired. Most of all, I am glad that no one was injured. I am however saddened by the number of people who are getting on their high horses and making ludicrous assumptions and wild accusations. I take it that these people have never fallen over as walking, running or whatever and have of course, never had any kind of accident in their lives. I only wish I was as perfect as they and have never cut my finger, stubbed my toe, hit my head on a door frame or slipped etc., etc.. Unfortunately, despite their aloofness and apparent superiority, they fail to mention how we mere mortals can become superheroes like them.
Heartbreaking. Assuming everyone was ok, the vehicle and camper survived better than I thought it would. Best to you getting back on your way.
Yes, we did get back on the road as soon as possible 😊
That's great! I had a similar thing happen. I think the frame hitting the ground and stopping the vehicle suddenly, saved on the front-end damage. Enjoy the journey, it looks like a lot of fun!
Amazing recovery. Well done.
That took some real talent tipping the rig over.
oef, sterkte jongens! Hoop dat jullie snel weer onderweg kunnen.
I think it looked really bad lying on its side but after the recovery it looked not very bad. Hopefully this is no false impression. What was the real damage?
9000 euro to the car, and 20.000 to the camper unit. There was more damaged that we couldn’t see. One complete side of the unit needed to be replaced amongst other things. But now everything is repaired and we’re really happy to be on the road again, and luckily we were very well insured.
@@Dutchoverlanders thanks for the additional information. That's a whole lot. I'm glad that your insurance applied and that you're back on the road.
Sterkte, hopelijk snel weer op pad.
Was the you tube camera rolling when this happened???
No as you can see, only afterwards
That hurts. So sorry to hear that!
Indeed, luckily after a half year we were able to hit the road again.
Couple well placed rocks help that spot immensely ';
Yes that would
Oi oi oi.....,🤔 alleen materiële schade ? (En wat gekrenkte trots 😉)
Surprisingly appears very little damage.
Nice job!!!!
Yes it most definitely was!
EXPENSIVE move
Very expensive 😅
When you write to be continued. That usually means you're going to continue right!?!?
Our travels continued when the combination was fixed again 😊
That could have been a lot worse.
So true!
Who ever is in Charge of the roads there failed to mark this spot with poles and a Sign
Yes, you’re so right!
No, you are not, you are responsible otherwise you will no longer be able to pay attention to the road
and blaming someone else for your own stupid mistake
@@franswijnands4022 your stupid frans,that road is a hazard with that hole so close
@@franswijnands4022 Your an idiot , what if you pull over to stop ? theres a big unmarked hole like your brain!
How did you manage to crash your vehicle?
Well it happened in a sec 🤣
@@Dutchoverlanders Oh, that explains it quite well.
Hope you swapped it in for a Unimog❤❤❤
seeing things like this is why I decided to skip the "rv" and go for the m927a1 conversion instead. I figured its the American alternative to the mog.
@@bigrollinghome2091 sorry to burst your bubble? There is no alternative! Unimog. World beater an proven end of. I can’t get over how expensive the Earthroamer thing is??? Heavy an if it goes off rd do they come with a winch? 😂😂😂👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🪬🪬🪬💎💎💎🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🥃🥃🥃
It doesn't matter what it is or what one thinks it should be, as if it is on four wheels, four legs or just two legs or wheels, everything is susceptible to tipping over under the right circumstances. Even a mountain goat.
Must have been an Izuzu driver
Isuzu. Så drejer man bare nøglen og. Køre videre .
barely a scratch, guess you could drive home?
Yes it was a miracle that the damage was so minor. Unfortunately our insurance company did not want us to drive back. We had to leave him behind and a transport company brought him back to a garage in the Netherlands. There we discovered that there was more damage than we initially thought.
So schön wie die Kabinen sind aber die Euro Pickups sind dafür einfach nicht ausgelegt allein schon von der PS Zahl her und dem eigen Gewicht vom Pickup. Da eignet sich ein USA Pickup.z.b der RAM besser von der Masse her.
Talked shit
Was ein Blödsinn!
derp
ohje
You can’t park there
Yes we know 😂
It’s the same here on Skye , if they stay on the tarmac the would be fine , but as soon as they meet another vehicle they instantly put a wheel on the grass ? This is the result , sorry but I’ve not got much sympathy for them
There was a Spanish guy behind us and in a sec we decided to let him pass, but we overlooked the ditch. According to the police we weren’t the first ones.
nothing wrong here, he or she just overlanding.
Texting and driving don’t mix. 🥹
Why do you assume we were texting at that moment?
@@Dutchoverlanders How else would someone drive right into a ditch like that and if it was in the daytime, even worse🤣
Blinde können nicht texten und dürfen nicht Auto fahren. Sehende können texten. Aber einige von ihnen können dabei nicht Auto fahren. Ein typischer Smartphoneunfall.