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" She told me later that the part of the hitch that goes around the
ball had worn over the years and didn't clamp around the ball, just rested on
it, but she didn't know that. The bumpy road lifted the trailer right
off. I don't know if she had safty chains on. Another thing to check
on older trailers."
I had something like this happen when I was
younger. I was pulling my dad's very old 16ft stock trailer. We hit a bump and
the tongue hopped right off of the ball. Thank God the old rusty safety chain
that just looped around the ball held. The clamp had just worn down so much over
the years that with enough force, it popped off. At least it was on a straight,
level road.
Maggie--of course, after this, I proceeded to run
over my wheel chock!
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