First bone-head mistake this past weekend.
Camping this past weekend at Ainsworth State Park with the girlfriend and the dog, and the site that I had reserved was extremely un-level, side-to-side and front-to-back. After putting the left wh...
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Boxerslave wrote:
One day I decided to park in the driveway to do a quick unload. Cranked the trailer in sharply and had to unhook to clear the road. Chocked all 4 wheels on the asphalt and raised the tongue. As soon as the tongue cleared the ball the trailer shot straight right, the chocks went flying the jack came off the 6x6 block. Thankfully I was standing on the left side, and thankfully the last thing I unhook are the safety chains, the ones that were now bow tight. Only damage was a bent foot on tongue jack and ruined shorts. The lesson learned was never leave the axles torqued up from a sharp turn. Dave
Learned that one the hard way. Scared the DW, but we worked it out OK.
I agree that the safety chains should stay on until the TT is level. With me I don't see how I could reliably chock the tires on the side with the leveling blocks. I'm even careful to not use my Fastway chock until after the TT is off the hitch, as I don't want that adding any twist to the setup.
