Look close at the photo......

[Ben]

 

[Brad]

I love the safety chain hooked to the clip that keeps the hitch pin in place. Hit soemthing that pulls the chain and loose the clip. Pins walks with vibrations and suddenly the trailer becomes an independant vehicle.

Sure would want to be behind him when it cut loose.

 

[Ian]

The pin retention, considering the rust, might actually exceed the strength of the cast pot metal, puppy-chain snap hook.

 

[S Mac]

I don't know, looks like it would take Dynamite to get that hitch out of the receiver.

 

[Brad]

I want to know where Ben got a photo of Bruce's trailer hitch.

 

[358156 hp]

Everything is just wrong. It appears the trailer light wiring harness has been run up into the hitch ball socket, and that the wires are now broken. Vibration, along with the weight of the chain alone could pull that receiver pin retainer out. When it happens, the trailer will become a free agent. There's also no locking pin on the hitch latch itself. And only one safety chain.

 

[fiver]

looks like half the trailer hook ups I see come through town most every day during hunting season.
the wiring looks about right too, especially after they try dragging their new jayco up some of the local canyons.

 

[RicinYakima]

Don't know why you guys are whining! Nothing's happened yet anyway.

 

[Tom]

Wait.... You mean that loop in the bobby pin thingy isn't for hanging the chain on?

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

Aren't the wires in the electrical harness strong enough to retain control of the trailer?!

 

[freebullet]

I want to know where Ben got a photo of Bruce's trailer hitch.

Awe, c'mon, Brad.
I use keyed lock pin set, the receiver, hitch, & tongue get locked together. No puppy chain snaps, real rated hooks only. The wiring would be removed with my pocket knife before leaving, that chit don't ride with me & I despise such quackery.

Just cause I like old things don't mean they gotta be ragedy. Look at the bunch I choose to hang around here, sometimes old is good.

In fact mine get better coating than the factory put on them.

I'll bet there's a bunch newer but, worse off then mine underneath.

I clean them up & keep them coated well.

This one's in the works. Hitch is untouched & looks better than most.


Safety is no accident & health can't be bought at the store. I've spent way to much time & money for training relating to both. If you can make it through the osha class without falling asleep & actually learn something they should pay you.

As a certified health & safety technician I'm proud to say no one has ever left my vehicles or job sites for emergency medical care. I may be knocking on wood now?

I tend to overbuild or rig. Smart enough to know what I don't know can hurt me.

 

[Brad]

I know Bruce. You don't strike me as a guy who takes safety lightly, I like that. I can poke fun can't i?

I have never towed a trailer. Not once. Yet I understand the basics of towing safety.
I bet the guy who owns that setup also holds the mattress on his roof with a hand out the window.

 

[freebullet]

. I can poke fun can't i?

Always welcomed. I'm known for same. To many hours spent under the trucks to not rebutt on that one.

 

[Ian]

I've pulled a lot of trailers a lot of miles with pickups, suburbans, and even cars and never got comfortable doing it even with really well-balanced rigs and good brake controllers.

 

[fiver]

pull a couple of trailers that weigh 115-K a few [thousand] times and a 6-7,000lb thingy behind the pickup is just an extension of the bed.

 

[KHornet]

Tis always interesting to observe redneck engineering!

Paul

 

[Ian]

pull a couple of trailers that weigh 115-K a few [thousand] times and a 6-7,000lb thingy behind the pickup is just an extension of the bed.

I can sure see how that would be the case!

 

[Pistolero]

I have hauled trailers and designed some pretty big ones, most recently a 43 ft fifth wheel rig and had a
few excessively exciting times towing cars. That rig there is about three or four different kinds of stupid.

Bill