Talk about dodging a BULLET !!!
Please consider installation of a Ready STOP on your towed vehicle. THIS accident could and should have been prevented. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed....although the owner probably needs a...
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J-Rooster wrote:
The major problem here is a weld that didn't hold! That's why you do a pre and post trip inspection of your baseplate!
Hahaha, this is a good example of idealism vs reality.
On most vehicles, inspecting the base plate close enough to catch issues like this would require you to take entire front end of car (front fascia, bumper, etc) apart. How many folks REALLY are going to do all that before and after every trip? Nobody, bottom line.
Two Jayhawks wrote:
I'm guessing the OP was referring to "Readystop" this is Readybrake's emergency brake away option. I have it and I wouldn't turn the key without this or some sort of break away protection. And BTW this would have stopped the car regardless of the whole front end coming off.
Readystop link
Yes, like I said in a previous post, I'm a big proponent of ReadyBrake and their Readystop break-away unit. However, I'm not sure I agree with you, that the Readystop would have necessarily worked in this extreme case where entire front end of the car came off.
Only way it would have worked, is if the Readystop unit was mounted to something that stayed on the car after the front end separated. If it was on the front of the car that separated, then the cable pulling the brake pedal would have snapped, and brakes would be released.
Soo, unless the Readystop unit was mounted well behind the front end of the car (like maybe on the frame halfway between front bumper and firewall, it would not have worked. That would be the case for many other break-away systems as well.
This may well have been one of those specific 'fluke' crazy instances, where no particular safety device would have helped.
Will
