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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dodge guy wrote:fj12ryder wrote:Learjet wrote:When I use my B&W hitch the arm doesn't always snap closed completely, sometimes it's an inch or so from the stop. The jaws are locked solidly but a latch wouldn't work in such a scenario, and a heavier spring might make it harder to keep the jaws open, and this could lead to someone locking the arm open.
before this thread even happened... I always wondered why there wasn't a secondary safety latch like the one being designed above. Not to steal your thunder, but I had the same idea in my head...just need a small spring on it. :W
You simply cannot engineer something for every possible event. If the latch would make you feel better by all means gin one up, but mine works just fine without it.
I've always wondered that too. And also why products like a bedsaver aren't required like safety chains on a ball hitch design.
Well word on the street is Butches and the Blue Ox are no longer on the market.
The butches, was a manual device, if you forgot to latch was useless. the Blue Ox to me would by design contribute to high hitching.
I check my hitch every time I pass under the front, that is the best insurance you can get.
