Yesterday afternoon, on our way from Fredericksburg, TX to a campground south of Fort Worth, the DW commented she was hungry for ice cream if I could find a place. Knowing there was a local burger and ice cream place in the town we were approaching, I prepared to look for a place to pull over after making a right turn a side street. All seemed fine until I pulled over and attempted to park off the street and felt some resistance, but thought it was due to a slight hump in the shoulder. I pulled forward a few more feet to get the rear of the trailer off the road.
It was not until getting back in the TV with two shakes and a "pup" cup and putting the TV in gear that I knew something was amiss. I got out, walked around the truck and saw the front door side tire. I don't remember saying anything, but I know what I was thinking.
I then walked around on the driver's side of the TV and saw the loose breakaway cable with the pin laying on the bed of the truck. After looking at the rubber laid on the asphalt, my explanation of what happened is this: As I was making the right turn, slack was at least partially removed as the hitch locking bar moved farther away from the breakaway pin. I had some wire pet fence panels in the truck bed behind the hitch. I think the cable caught on the corner of one of the panels and pulled the pin as the turn was made.
I'm at Discount Tire getting a new Goodyear G614 mounted as I type this. I'm going to be more mindful of what I carry in the pickup while towing from now on.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk