BIL with Superglide drops his trailer
Yesterday my BIL went to bring his trailer home from storage lot. Has trouble hooking up as he had left the battery switch on the last time in visited the trailer a few weeks earlier. Has the generato...
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My only observation is that you can get high hitched if the trailer does not ride up the saddle. May seem hitched but the pin is in the wrong position (too high). So the pin can sit there and you can probably move slowly on level ground. Accelerate into traffic and it comes off.
On mine the release arm does not get fully pulled in if this happens so it is rather obvious if you are paying attention. Of course an inspection of the pin or a pull test would also confirm the connection is locked in correctly.
Impossible to know once the damage is done. Ultimately I believe this is operator error. Probably due to being distracted with the battery issue and in a rush. I assume the hitch is still working and got him home.
On mine the release arm does not get fully pulled in if this happens so it is rather obvious if you are paying attention. Of course an inspection of the pin or a pull test would also confirm the connection is locked in correctly.
Impossible to know once the damage is done. Ultimately I believe this is operator error. Probably due to being distracted with the battery issue and in a rush. I assume the hitch is still working and got him home.
