Ever had your boat and trailer come free from your tow vehicle while in motion?

[Kit Papermouth]

I did today. Pulled the boat last week so between last Sunday and Today some prankster or idiot or whatever pulled the key out of the draw bar pin and totally removed the draw bar pin. Hooked up the boat and made it down hill from my house with no problems but as soon as i made a turn to climb a hill the trailer separated from the vehicle. Thank God for safety cables. I thought, Greg, you're an idiot for not putting the pins in, but then thought, 'I haven't had that hitch out in over a year'. Called a close friend to come help me. He brought a pin with him to use. He told me someone had removed his pin also without taking out the draw bar. Fortunately he noticed the pin was gone while hooking up to a trailer recently. My boys know nothing about it. I told them if they ever find out one of the kids in the neighborhood have done this, I will need to tell them how damaging and deadly this could be. Fortunately the impact only minorly damaged my spare tire cradle and snapped the strap from the winch to the bow eyelet. Gonna pick up a lock for the draw bar pin tomorrow.

G.

[N2Crappie]

Glad you didn't have too much damage and no one was hurt. Makes you want to go out and kick some prankster butt.

N2

[BarryG]

That SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Matt]

Pretty scary stuff!! Glad it happened when it did so that it was minimal damage and no loss of life!

[mduncan62]

Glad everyone involved is fine. Something like that will give you a heart attack.

[FAADAN]

I have had a locking pin for a long time. Well worth the investment.

[arkyfisherman]

Glad everything was okay.Done that in the yard a long time ago.Put a padlock thru it.

[bugman]

That is an onery prank that could get someone killed hopefully you can find out who's doin it and put an end to it.

[jbornhop]

people just need to leave their hands off other peoples stuff, and if they do touch suffer the consequences

[Speck]

I put a locking pin in mine a couple of years ago. Idiots in MS were stealing the pins off people's hitches at the boat ramps. They wouldn't know it until they pulled the boat out of the water and the hitch would come loose