A Malicious Act?
As we were about to leave Steamboat Rock State Park on Banks Lake in Eastern Washington, I noticed something shiny in front of the driver side rear wheels. Someone had placed a tall beer bottle verti...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
We stopped to fuel and have lunch at a Flying J many, many years ago. Upon returning to the RV I did a quick walk around and luckily found that someone had pulled one of pins in our tow bar setup. I carry extras so it was just a matter of putting one back in but had I not done the walk around it could have had a muck worse ending. I suspect a trucker thought it would be really funny but it could have been on the evening news instead.
Bill, we had a similar experience but I found out it was probably my fault. When we first started towing, I put a bungie cord connecting one locking pin across to the other through the loop of the locking pin.
At one stop, I noticed it was missing thinking someone pulled the pin. Bought a new pin setting it up the same way and eventually lost that pin too. Then I figured it out. The bungie cord must have put pressure on the ring causing it to flip open and fall out. The locking arm of the tow never came off because of the pressure from the tow-bar arm (thank goodness).
Now, I leave the pins alone and never had one pop out.
To the OP, I will now be more aware walking around motorhome. I never thought about someone putting something between the tires. Some people are just nuts.
Safe travels,
Mark
