brian4321
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2014
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- 359
I had a little incident pulling the boat to the lake yesterday. As I pulled out of the driveway onto the road and started accelerating there was a big thump and jerk and I immediately saw the trailer had disconnected. By this time I was going down a small hill so I started easing in on the brakes, and the front of the boat came forward into the tailgate, which was a good thing because it broke both safety chains. Finally got it stopped and go back there and the hitch itself had pulled out of the receiver , no hitch pin to be found anywhere. Luckily nobody was hurt and the only damage was I need a new tailgate and heavier safety chains, could've been a lot worse. I'm still absolutely baffled about what happened to the hitch pin. I put the hitch in the truck over a month ago and haven't touched it since and have pulled the boat several times since I put it in. So just a reminder, it only takes a few seconds to double check all components of the trailer connection before you take off, and it could prevent an accident. I got very lucky, and you can bet I'll be double checking everything from now on