Another Reese 20K Hitch Failure
This post may comes a little late for one posted last April (see post from davidkelm "Dropped Trailer on Bed Rails Today") http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27647785.cfm but ...
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If the hitch is in good shape and locked around the pin, it can't open. Metal can't just squeeze past a small gap.
But the design does lend it's self to be hooked up improperly. It's hard to tell unless you get a light and check the jaws around the pin.
I've forgot twice to latch a 20k reese and towed it for an hour that way. Only noticed when I needed trailer brakes, didn't hook those either. One person got hurt and I hooked up and left in a hurry.
The second time was to move it from under a tree in an ice storm. Jerking on trailer to get it up from froze ground. Not sure how it didn't come unhooked.
That being said, my new hitch has a wrap around jaw and I feel it's easier to know your hooked correctly, I like it better.
But the design does lend it's self to be hooked up improperly. It's hard to tell unless you get a light and check the jaws around the pin.
I've forgot twice to latch a 20k reese and towed it for an hour that way. Only noticed when I needed trailer brakes, didn't hook those either. One person got hurt and I hooked up and left in a hurry.
The second time was to move it from under a tree in an ice storm. Jerking on trailer to get it up from froze ground. Not sure how it didn't come unhooked.
That being said, my new hitch has a wrap around jaw and I feel it's easier to know your hooked correctly, I like it better.
