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Old 07-29-2013, 05:17 PM   #1
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Sad story that should remind us all to double check out hitch before each trip!

I came across this news story today.
http://www.wect.com/story/22916155/m...aZFmM.facebook

This story should remind us all to take the 30seconds to double check everything before hitting the road with our campers. I personally check this hitch and all associated pins each time I stop, normally righ before I get back into the truck.
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Old 07-29-2013, 05:26 PM   #2
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So sad! Too bad she only got thirty days.
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Old 07-29-2013, 05:38 PM   #3
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I came across this news story today.
http://www.wect.com/story/22916155/m...aZFmM.facebook

This story should remind us all to take the 30seconds to double check everything before hitting the road with our campers. I personally check this hitch and all associated pins each time I stop, normally righ before I get back into the truck.
Geez...that is so sad. Check, double check and check again. My GF and I when we sailed would always double check each other. Safety is #1!!
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Old 07-30-2013, 03:37 PM   #4
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One of the reasons I switched to a locking hitch pin is because I was worried about loosing the spring clip. I've heard of vandals pulling the spring clips or hitch pins while trucks are unattended at gas stations.
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:58 PM   #5
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I have used a lock for a hitch pin ever since I pulled my first little boat trailer. Was told to do so by the trailer sales person. He said it will act as a theft deterrent and keep kids from taking the pin.
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Old 09-08-2013, 01:16 PM   #6
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One of the reasons I switched to a locking hitch pin is because I was worried about loosing the spring clip. I've heard of vandals pulling the spring clips or hitch pins while trucks are unattended at gas stations.
I tow a 20ft enclosed car hauler for my show truck. three years ago I went to a show in a town 40 miles away, and parked the trailer in the Walmart lot, while I took the truck to the show. gone most of the day.

loaded back up,, towed home, turned the next to the last corner (mile and a quarter to go) and heard a weird sound.. stopped and the hitch bar was 'just' in the receiver, held there by the two safety chains.. no pin to be seen. it WAS there when I left in the morning, and its clip was securely on.
I have a weight distributing hitch, and its upward pressure may have helped keep the bar in the hitch.

I called my wife, bring a jack, but I couldn't get the wd bars undone.
so, I will limp home.. 1-2mph.

turned the last corner (1/2 mile to go) and BOOM.. the hitch came undone.
one safety chain ripped the trailer side retainer off, snapped the weld.

but the WD bars could be released, and the hitch bar put back in, and a new pin inserted. made it home..

have a locking pin since then. I was standing right there when I raised the trailer jack 40 miles ago.. never THOUGHT to look at the pin.. who would do such a thing?

I was towing 7000lbs at 60 mph.. wow that could have been a disaster.
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