Posted by Determined on January 13, 2022 at 06:27:50 from (216.130.212.201):
In Reply to: Trailer Adventure posted by miangus on January 12, 2022 at 09:15:14:
Here is something that does not take long to check that may save you some misfortune.
I had a new to me boat trailer come off the hitch, fortunately I had the safety chains properly crossed so they kept the hitch from digging into the ground until I got it stopped.
Ball was the right size for the hitch.
Hooked it back up then figuring it may have been out of adjustment I grabbed a 3/4 wrench and snugged up the adjusting nut, all seemed good and it made it home.
Once home a closer inspection reveled that someone had assembled the hitch with the underjaw tab below the pivot pin.
Everything would feel tight when you would hook it up but without the tab being properly anchored the underjaw was able to move back when under load allowing the hitch to release from the ball.
I will probably never see this again but since that happened I have crawled under every trailer I have pulled and checked just to be sure.
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