Nut backed off ball caused accident
I was heading up to santa cruz ca. in my 40' american eagle I had my motorcycle in tow on a utility trailer. Before I left I had tighten the nut on the ball with an air impact driver the kind that you...
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I picked up a single-man, 40 ft reach, manlift for a friend and hauled it to a site as a volunteer for a town mural. When I went back to pick it up, I chained it, crossing the chains properly. On an onramp, it broke the hitch and as I slowed down the whole basket came through my tailgate. The whole project cost me $1450.00 because my deductable was $1000 and the tailgate $1100. A properly torqued ball could break or a hitch could break and cause the same problems. Quit judging the poor guy, he shared a lesson. Learn from it!
I went to torquing school for Aviation Technicians and they teach you it's to stretch the bolt properly to it's maximum holding strength. They also use SS safety wire to hold a large aircraft engine to the pylon and I did many DC 10s, MD 11s and C17s as a Flight Test Tech for McDonnell Douglas.
I went to torquing school for Aviation Technicians and they teach you it's to stretch the bolt properly to it's maximum holding strength. They also use SS safety wire to hold a large aircraft engine to the pylon and I did many DC 10s, MD 11s and C17s as a Flight Test Tech for McDonnell Douglas.
