KnottyBuoyz
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2006
- Messages
- 712
Re: Forgot to lock the trailer to the hitch...
Our trailering incident followed pretty much the same scenario as everyone else except!!!<br /><br />I had bought one of those expensive draw bar locking pins, you know the ones with the lock that snaps on the end, well figuring it was so expensive it had to be good right? NOT!<br /><br />Unbeknownst to me while trailering the 20 Excel cuddy the freakin' lock falls off the draw bar pin. While driving through the middle of town at rush hour and approaching a red light at the main intersection the pin finally falls out and releases the boat and trailer behind me. WHAMOO! The safety chains draw the bow of the boat into the hatch back of my Jimmy! Oh Sh*t!!! There I am dragging my boat by the safety chains out of the intersection with a crowd of about 50 gigglin' and pointin'! I can hear the snickers all the way across the intersection.<br /><br />The bow of the boat made a pretty big dent in the hatch just below the window. Mangled the wiper too. Didn't break the window! *Whew* The dent is still there. It ain't rustin' out so I'm not touching it for now. To this day I always tell people the dent is from a motorcyclist who crashed into the back of my truck and the dent is where his helmet hit. Unless they were there the day it actually happened I get away with it.<br /><br />Moral of this story: the most expensive piece of equipment isn't necessarily the best. I know use a 7/16 grade 8 bolt and teflon locking nut to secure the draw bar. It'll never come loose again.<br /><br />Moral of this story: when recent memory fades and the witnesses aren't around, lie like hell and make up the wildest excuse you can come up with. People will believe you!
Our trailering incident followed pretty much the same scenario as everyone else except!!!<br /><br />I had bought one of those expensive draw bar locking pins, you know the ones with the lock that snaps on the end, well figuring it was so expensive it had to be good right? NOT!<br /><br />Unbeknownst to me while trailering the 20 Excel cuddy the freakin' lock falls off the draw bar pin. While driving through the middle of town at rush hour and approaching a red light at the main intersection the pin finally falls out and releases the boat and trailer behind me. WHAMOO! The safety chains draw the bow of the boat into the hatch back of my Jimmy! Oh Sh*t!!! There I am dragging my boat by the safety chains out of the intersection with a crowd of about 50 gigglin' and pointin'! I can hear the snickers all the way across the intersection.<br /><br />The bow of the boat made a pretty big dent in the hatch just below the window. Mangled the wiper too. Didn't break the window! *Whew* The dent is still there. It ain't rustin' out so I'm not touching it for now. To this day I always tell people the dent is from a motorcyclist who crashed into the back of my truck and the dent is where his helmet hit. Unless they were there the day it actually happened I get away with it.<br /><br />Moral of this story: the most expensive piece of equipment isn't necessarily the best. I know use a 7/16 grade 8 bolt and teflon locking nut to secure the draw bar. It'll never come loose again.<br /><br />Moral of this story: when recent memory fades and the witnesses aren't around, lie like hell and make up the wildest excuse you can come up with. People will believe you!
