Mark42
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I won't give the name of who was driving at the time, other than to say I am married to her. 
We were in a parking lot and had to make a right turn onto the highway. The driveway of the parking lot was angled down hill to the highway. When we went to go, I thought the turn was being cut a bit tight, and I looked in the passenger mirror to see the trailer tire. Wife hits the gas to accelerate to highway speed, and the trailer tire catches the curb at a good clip. For some reason, the curb was higher than the parking lot and the road. Like a small concrete wall 8" high sticking out into the trailers path.
I watched in horror as the whole trailer lifted off the ground, there must have been 20" of air under the passenger side tire all through the rest of the turn (a good 20-25 feet) before it finally slammed back down. I thought for sure that was the end of the Hard Top Project. My heart was in my mouth. Never though the trailer would recover from being that far tilted over. It appeared to be balanced for a few moments on one tire before deciding to come back to rest on both tires and not flip over.
I looked at my wife and said "Did you see that?". She doesn't even take her eyes off the road and says "Yes.". I think she need a panty change.
I am so glad I made sure all the straps were fastened good and tight, and the new bow strap I bought was installed holding the bow firmly in the bow stop (besides the safety chain and winch strap).
All's well that ends well, they say. I was sure that trip was the first and last trip for the Bayliner with the new Hard Top I spent two years making from scratch. But it survived. Thank God!
We were in a parking lot and had to make a right turn onto the highway. The driveway of the parking lot was angled down hill to the highway. When we went to go, I thought the turn was being cut a bit tight, and I looked in the passenger mirror to see the trailer tire. Wife hits the gas to accelerate to highway speed, and the trailer tire catches the curb at a good clip. For some reason, the curb was higher than the parking lot and the road. Like a small concrete wall 8" high sticking out into the trailers path.
I watched in horror as the whole trailer lifted off the ground, there must have been 20" of air under the passenger side tire all through the rest of the turn (a good 20-25 feet) before it finally slammed back down. I thought for sure that was the end of the Hard Top Project. My heart was in my mouth. Never though the trailer would recover from being that far tilted over. It appeared to be balanced for a few moments on one tire before deciding to come back to rest on both tires and not flip over.
I looked at my wife and said "Did you see that?". She doesn't even take her eyes off the road and says "Yes.". I think she need a panty change.
I am so glad I made sure all the straps were fastened good and tight, and the new bow strap I bought was installed holding the bow firmly in the bow stop (besides the safety chain and winch strap).
All's well that ends well, they say. I was sure that trip was the first and last trip for the Bayliner with the new Hard Top I spent two years making from scratch. But it survived. Thank God!
