RV Crushes Truck

afidel wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:

agesilaus wrote:
They did not do a test pull tho it seems like they pulled the rv a short distance before it dropped.

With any brand RV hitch or any brand professional grade OTR hitch a high pin usually falls as the operator pulls forward and turning.
Saw my first OTR drop in a loading yard in the '70s. Newby driver thought a pull test wasn't necessary even after going through training class required by the loading yard and truck companies working out of the yard. He was sent down the road looking for another job.
As Ford guy mentioned the vid shows way too much gap between the plates (hitch plate and pin box plate). Looks like a usual rv slip plate and another thickness of some type.

Sad....all the name calling....... when someone makes a honest mistake.

I saw a guy lose a load at a rest stop, some ahole must have pulled his pin while he was in using the restroom, that's why seasoned guys will do a pull test any time the truck has been out of their sight.

Are we talking semis or fifth wheels here ?? I guess a pull test would work, but requires lowering the landing gear on the fifth wheel, I would think you would on a semi also. But at that point, wouldn't it be just as easy to see if someone hasn't pulled the handle :h your thoughts are already thinking its a possibility .

I consider myself a seasoned guy, well at least my age I'm seasoned :) There is a couple things you can do , probably the best is too lock the handle with a padlock . One I know of on here has about five or so on his hitch :B But one on the handle would do . I myself when away from my fifth wheel , I check the lights , the hitch, kick the tires etc. Its a habit .