jmcgsd wrote:
Oh also remember to close the bloody lock on the coupler. Many years ago I had a 1953 13' canned ham Aljo. There is a pretty good sized drainage culvert at the corner of my street. I hooked up one day after a couple of adult beverages but forgot to lock the coupler. I hit that ditch at about 20mph, the trailer jumped off the hitch and I dragged it across the intersection on the safety chains. I opened up the back of that canned ham TT like a can of sardines.
Ouch! We loaded hooked up the atv trailer to my 1 day old ram last year and my neighbor didn't get it locked into the ball....drove up the ramps and the tongue shot off the hitch and luckily went straight up and not forward into my tailgate...miracle it didn't hit the gate....some lessons can be expensive...I was lucky on that one
Adult beverages were a factor there as well