Fiver Pin Separated From Hitch on Interstate
We're both OK, but we were really shaken when our fiver separated from the hitch at 65mph on I-64 near Williamsburg VA Thursday morning. We have more than enough to be thankful and grateful for this y...
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MtnMike wrote:
That's a good thought, AZ, but it was hitched with the plate of the fiver solidly against the plate of the hitch. When the legs were retracted, it was hitched plate to plate. We had driven nearly two hundred miles the first night, spent the night at a rest area, and had been on the road for about an hour before the separation occurred. It seems that an unsecure hitch would have shown up much earlier, certainly within the first hour on the road.
Did you happen to DOUBLE check the handle in the am after your nights stay ? I have heard of troublesome kids pulling the handles that's why some here lock them....
Anyway, glad your all ok, how the the trailer fair?
