I was visiting with my sister while hooking up our old Terry tag trailer and didn't pay attention to what I was doing. After getting all hooked up we took off through the mountains of BC. About 10 miles into our travels the highway crossed a railway track that I didn't slow down for. After the truck hit it I realized how rough the crossing was and watched in the rearview mirror to see how the trailer would bounce over it. Not so well. I kept right on going as I anounced to my wife that we just lost our trailer back there. With no safety chains and no emergency brake away the trailer was having no problem keeping up with us. At first my wife refused to believe what I had told her but the four kids in the back seat turned to watch out the rear window and they assured their mother that it was so.....the trailer was no longer hooked up. So I'm watching the trailer thinking if it happens to cross the center line I will slam on my brakes and let it plow into the back of my truck rather than have it run head on into an oncoming vehicle. My wife starts going nuts hitting me and reminding me of my stupidity. Any way we crossed a bridge with a concrete curb on the right. The front corner of the trailer bounced off the curb deflecting the trailer toward the centre of the road. Fortunately the crown of the highway was just enough to prevent the trailer from crossing the center line. It bounced off the curb again and eventually after crossing the bridge it rolled off the road into the ditch. I had a tow strap which I used to tow it back onto the highway and with the help of some guys who stopped to lend a hand we had it set back on my hitch, properly latched this time, and we were on our way. About the only damage done was slight damage to the front corner of the trailer and the jack was bent and worn out. As well I had slight bruising to my right shoulder from my wife's somewhat violent attack.
