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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fj12ryder wrote:
So Mont G&J, have you actually "high hitched" a B&W Companion hitch, or are you referring to a different brand? I have a B&W and can't imagine not being able to notice immediately that the pin was not in the jaws.
I would think under the right conditions you could do it, but I haven't ever tried. I know I once got sidetracked, failed to lock the hitch on my bumper pull trailer and drove over 300 miles prior to discovering I hadn't locked or pinned the hitch while doing my walk around at the gas station. Being an aircraft maintenance sort of guy, and having been involved in quite a few mishap/accident investigations over the years things like the OP's issue have me really wanting to dig into the issue until all aspects of "how it happened" are determined. Hopefully the OP will get back with us regarding the determination of what went wrong. Sounds like a little luck, and most likely some good instinctive driving kept things from being a whole lot worse than they could have been.
