Jerrys Lawn Service
LawnSite Member
- Location
- Baltimore Maryland
After cutting a local church today,10 miles from my home
we stoppedby my house,as I pulled up out front and hit the
breaks it felt like the mowers all shifted foward but when
I got out the trailer was on the ground! The hitch had torn
itself apart under the truck where it bolts to the frame.
The bolts themselves were still intact, the framework was
broke in three places and the trailer started to go under the truck but was stopped by the safety chains (THANK GOD!)
Well 2 hours and 250 dollars later the local hitch shop
got us back on the job. I just couldn't belive how lucky
we were for it to let go right in front of are own house,
I never gave it a thought to check the framework under the truck as the hitch was a class 3 hitch 7500lbs. and only 5 years old. I guess you just never know.
Good Luck! jerryslawnservice@home.com
we stoppedby my house,as I pulled up out front and hit the
breaks it felt like the mowers all shifted foward but when
I got out the trailer was on the ground! The hitch had torn
itself apart under the truck where it bolts to the frame.
The bolts themselves were still intact, the framework was
broke in three places and the trailer started to go under the truck but was stopped by the safety chains (THANK GOD!)
Well 2 hours and 250 dollars later the local hitch shop
got us back on the job. I just couldn't belive how lucky
we were for it to let go right in front of are own house,
I never gave it a thought to check the framework under the truck as the hitch was a class 3 hitch 7500lbs. and only 5 years old. I guess you just never know.
Good Luck! jerryslawnservice@home.com