Man kills boat *pics*

[korg70kbc]

Originally Posted by t613

Thanks for stopping and helping him out. Probably felt like a boob for losing the trailer, but a worse feeling when traffic goes whizzing by and nobody cares or stops to help.

For him, Thank you.

Tim

I agree..... I lost a refrigerator out of my truck, home depot wouldn't lay it down or strap it, so I did, but they left it on the pallet "bolted down"! It wasn't. I hit a small bump doing 30 It it jumped OVER my tailgate & onto the highway, in heavy traffic!! Everyone was trying to pass me cuz I was creeping, & luckily no one hit this thing! BUT, NOT 1 person stopped, at 1st! THen 2 other women stopped & helped me drag it off the freeway. I called some friends, we put it in the truck & returned to Home Depot & shoved it out in front of the door, the manager gave my mom's $$ back & we went & purchased 1 somewhere else.
I was appalled NO ONE would stop!! People need to start helping others as u did!!

I also agree that there should be a stamp or ? on your license that you passed trailering 101! I've seen idiots launch boats with THE TRAILER ATTACHED!! "no one told me to take the boat off" wtf People assume EVERYONE has common sense...........THEY DON'T!!!

I just sold a travel trailer & they guy asked what I was doing with the chain, uhhh, putting the saftey chain on. Thank GOD I did it, cuz it ended up he got the wrong ball size & I noticed when attaching the chain & made him go get the right size. Scary part, he's hauling this thing to Pittsburg in a few months, so watch out!!!
GREAT PICS!!! btw

[03-blue-Powerstroke]

Wow luckily no one was hurt. That was nice of you to stop and give them a hand

[rorybellows]

ive seen trailers pass their owners vehicles a few times. quite funny actually

[Dallas4x4]

Hes a little far away from the boat launch

[Southpaw]

No thanks needed.
I was just doing what I would want others to do for me.
You're right though, there is not enough of that these days. I'm just glad noone was hurt too.

Originally Posted by powerstrokin87

Thats funny, that happened in my patrol area but i was just coming on so one of the night shift guys handled it. Would have been cool to see a fellow org member while i was at work. Do you travel though montgomery county often?

I'm all over the place really. I work anywhere from Baltimore to Charlottesville. I do go through Mont. county pretty often. Right now I am remodeling the Giant on Goshen rd in Gaithersburg. You might see me on 270. I guess our shifts are opposite though.

[mrnecsteve]

It aint funny when it happens ,but I laugh about how it happened afterward.I was pulling a trailer behind a motorcycle on a shakedown ride after the winter was over.I had adjusted the coupler so that it wouldnt rattle,put a bolt on the pin,tightened the ball ,and hooked up the safety chains and went on a 10 mile interstate ride. As I neared the exit ramp on my return trip,I felt a jolt,slowed down to see whats up and watched my trailer pass me on the right going 65 MPH. The amazeing thing was watching the cars pass it because it was going too slow !!!
I pulled over off the highway and watched it travel up the interstate for about 2000 feet,
showering sparks off the tongue and eventually crossing all three lanes.When it slowed down to about 15mph the hitch snagged then the trailer did a full 360 degree forward somersault and landed hard on both wheels. All the while ,I watched people drive close to it and around it. When it finally came to rest,I thought for sure my one year old camper trailer was trashed.
An up close look told me what happened pretty quick. The tongue had seized on the ball and actually wrenched the ball loose then finally the nut dropped off. The trailer chains provided by the manufacturer were too cheap and they broke immediately.The only damage to the trailer was underneath on a spring support from landing so hard.....a simple fix. The ball's threaded shaft had lost about an inch in length from grindeing itself on the highway.
Still ,to this day I am amazed not by how the trailer survived ,but how rageing stupid people were as they drove around the driverless vehicle hauling arse down the interstate.No one stopped....and fortunately no cops were around...i towed it home on the shoulder of the road for about a mile.
note : the lock washer under the nut made no differance.Now, when ever possible ,I drill the shaft and use a pin or I use a locknut on all trailer ball shafts.(slows down theft as a side benefit)

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Last edited by mrnecsteve : 09-05-2009 at 11:04 AM.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by mrnecsteve

It aint funny when it happens ,but I laugh about how it happened afterward.I was pulling a trailer behind a motorcycle on a shakedown ride after the winter was over.I had adjusted the coupler so that it wouldnt rattle,put a bolt on the pin,tightened the ball ,and hooked up the safety chains and went on a 10 mile interstate ride. As I neared the exit ramp on my return trip,I felt a jolt,slowed down to see whats up and watched my trailer pass me on the right going 65 MPH. The amazeing thing was watching the cars pass it because it was going too slow !!!
I pulled over off the highway and watched it travel up the interstate for about 2000 feet,
showering sparks off the tongue and eventually crossing all three lanes.When it slowed down to about 15mph the hitch snagged then the trailer did a full 360 degree forward somersault and landed hard on both wheels. All the while ,I watched people drive close to it and around it. When it finally came to rest,I thought for sure my one year old camper trailer was trashed.
An up close look told me what happened pretty quick. The tongue had seized on the ball and actually wrenched the ball loose then finally the nut dropped off. The trailer chains provided by the manufacturer were too cheap and they broke immediately.The only damage to the trailer was underneath on a spring support from landing so hard.....a simple fix. The ball's threaded shaft had lost about an inch in length from grindeing itself on the highway.
Still ,to this day I am amazed not by how the trailer survived ,but how rageing stupid people were as they drove around the driverless vehicle hauling arse down the interstate.No one stopped....and fortunately no cops were around...i towed it home on the shoulder of the road for about a mile.
note : the lock washer under the nut made no differance.Now, when ever possible ,I drill the shaft and use a pin or I use a locknut on all trailer ball shafts.(slows down theft as a side benefit)

Wow thats a story too Steve!
I see how it could happen. I didn't even remember to look at the back of his truck to see what was left on there. I was too busy avoiding the speeding idiots too. Maybe the same thing happened to him, I don't even know
You're very lucky you weren't hurt badly, especially since it happened to you on motorcycle. It's amazing how oblivious, rude, ignorant, selfish, etc... people can be sometimes.

[BIGBILL105 45]

Originally Posted by korg70kbc

BUT, NOT 1 person stopped, at 1st! THen 2 other women stopped & helped me drag it off the freeway.
I was appalled NO ONE would stop!! People need to start helping others as u did!!

When I wrecked my truck on an icy bridge in November during our first ice storm, there were 6 cars behind me and not one stopped. They all just went around me. I was kinda pissed at that myself. I won't stop if I see someone broke down on the side of the road but if I were to see someone wreck in front of me, I would definitely stop.

[powerstrokin87]

I'm all over the place really. I work anywhere from Baltimore to Charlottesville. I do go through Mont. county pretty often. Right now I am remodeling the Giant on Goshen rd in Gaithersburg. You might see me on 270. I guess our shifts are opposite though.[/quote]

I work swing shifts but ill be nights starting thurs for 6 nights.

[Diesel Diva]

Originally Posted by rorybellows

ive seen trailers pass their owners vehicles a few times. quite funny actually

Happened to my dad once. And never again.