Hitch pin broke
Hello all, Going from the Los Angeles area up to Reno, NV. Got 1 mile from the end of the ride when the hitch pin broke and the Fiat Abarth driver's side hit the passenger side of the MH. Luckily we ...
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Do you have ReadyBrake and ReadyStop?
Sounds like the Fiat wandered around back there, enough to apply the ReadyStop and it stayed applied.
This thread deserves a footnote:
There was damage to the coach and the toad. Toad was totaled as collateral damage to the mishap.
BUT
BUT
BUT
This OP was RESPONSIBLE. I don't mean that as "at fault." I mean it as Doing the Right Thing:
They locked their equipment.
They had safety cables.
They had supplemental braking.
They (it seems now) also had breakaway braking.
They had a full system in place and The System Worked!
For those of you who say:
I don't tow that far or that often.
Nobody enforces this stuff.
My coach has enough brakes to stop my toad.
Braking laws are about trailers not cars.
Consider This:
These nice people are not living in mourning and grief because that toad collided head-on with traffic.
They are not worrying over somebody it clipped on the side of the road.
They are not in legal trouble.
Coach? Toad? They're "Just a Thing." Can be fixed. Can be replaced. Peace of mind can't.
PyarateSilly:
Sure sorry it happened.
Sure proud of you.
Sounds like the Fiat wandered around back there, enough to apply the ReadyStop and it stayed applied.
This thread deserves a footnote:
There was damage to the coach and the toad. Toad was totaled as collateral damage to the mishap.
BUT
BUT
BUT
This OP was RESPONSIBLE. I don't mean that as "at fault." I mean it as Doing the Right Thing:
They locked their equipment.
They had safety cables.
They had supplemental braking.
They (it seems now) also had breakaway braking.
They had a full system in place and The System Worked!
For those of you who say:
I don't tow that far or that often.
Nobody enforces this stuff.
My coach has enough brakes to stop my toad.
Braking laws are about trailers not cars.
Consider This:
These nice people are not living in mourning and grief because that toad collided head-on with traffic.
They are not worrying over somebody it clipped on the side of the road.
They are not in legal trouble.
Coach? Toad? They're "Just a Thing." Can be fixed. Can be replaced. Peace of mind can't.
PyarateSilly:
Sure sorry it happened.
Sure proud of you.
