ralphnjoann wrote:
TenOC wrote:
JIMNLIN wrote:
Never heard of anyone wanting a trailer (any trailer) to come loose in a wreck. Having logged over 1.2 million miles pulling trailers (non rv) I sure wouldn't want one coming loose....any time.
Per the link above and repeated here Wreck with 5er. Hitch failed Photo near the botton.
"If the truck had rolled over too, Mark and Doran could have easily been very badly injured or even killed. However, because the truck stayed upright, they walked away unscathed. Thank heavens!!"
That's a bit of speculation. They could have been killed or badly injured if the upright truck had careened into oncoming traffic.
Lets speculate that the hitch failure had occurred on a two lane highway. Lose trailer hits an oncoming small car and kills all aboard. I want my trailer to stay connected.
There is a reason most states require safety chains on most ball hitched trailers.
Plus we do not know if the truck and trailer would have rolled if the hitch had not failed.
