Something I've not seen before.

Have pros check the truck carefully. Could have hidden damage.

I would question the damage area. It looks like the rig was jack knifed and that what causes the pin to be ripped out of the pin box. If rig was going straight forward, it would have come through the tailgate.

Barely any weld on that pin and it got stretched not a B&W issue

That is an awful lot of rust for a 2 month old trailer.

fj12ryder wrote:
Yeah, me too. It looks like the pin is the same size as the hole and was just welded around the circumference of the pin. Pretty shoddy engineering.

AND...... It HARDLY looks like there is any weld on there :h

The first picture clearly shows the trailer tipped over. It appears the person attempted to drive off the highway, and the trailer got over center, tipping over and tearing out the king pin.

Yeah, me too. It looks like the pin is the same size as the hole and was just welded around the circumference of the pin. Pretty shoddy engineering.

It sure does look like a failed weld, pin to box. If the weld let loose, it would not take that much of an off camber twist, to pull the pin through the hole in box. I would have expected the top of pin to be much larger than the hole. Makes me curious to try and see/look at the inside of my pin box, maybe using a mirror, or camera?

Jerry

Yep, the jaws are still tight around the king pin.

Wow, that's just unreal!
Looks like the trailer stayed upright. That's a miracle too.