The hitch was latched correctly as I pulled it from one place in the campground towards our summer spot in the same campground. It had to have been hitched correctly or it never would have withstood all of the insane pressure and torque that the tow truck winch line put on the truck and trailer while pulling us out of the soft ground where I had bogged down. The trailer remained hooked to the truck during the entire episode. The damage to the hitch head is clear in the pictures and the hitch had been removed from the truck in order to take the truck to the appraiser. I didn't even see the deformity until the day after the event. The tire is believed to have bulged from the extreme forces of being pulled sideways while attached to the truck which was being winched out at a very sharp angle. The trailer tracks actually show that the RV was turning in an arc even tighter than the one the truck was being pulled in. The suspension photo's were my poor attempt at showing the huge bulge on the inside of the tire. Darn thing was up pretty high on it's rotation and I really didn't want to jack it back up again. We are unsure of the extent, if any, of the chassis damage.
Yes, I guess you could say I was moving, or at least trying to. I got two feet from the spot where the tow truck driver said "good to go now"
Mike
