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I went to move my equipment trailer. If it's just a short move, I just hook the safety chains to the bucket on the tractor and pull it along with the chains (unloaded of course). When I got it to th...
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Yes, your right, yearly close inspection of all hitch equipment is a need.
And as QCman stated, the crack in the dark area started a long time ago and it looks like it may have progressed in stages.
I found cracks in the welds of one of my WD hitch heads. It was about 10 years old at the time. Fine hair line cracks down the center of the welds. Several of them. That is the time to find these cracks, they are tiny and in the early stages of failing. You really have to clean the parts and use good lighting, but you can see some of these issues before they create big problems. The key is, you have to at least look.
Yes, your right, yearly close inspection of all hitch equipment is a need.
And as QCman stated, the crack in the dark area started a long time ago and it looks like it may have progressed in stages.
I found cracks in the welds of one of my WD hitch heads. It was about 10 years old at the time. Fine hair line cracks down the center of the welds. Several of them. That is the time to find these cracks, they are tiny and in the early stages of failing. You really have to clean the parts and use good lighting, but you can see some of these issues before they create big problems. The key is, you have to at least look.