Tool958
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Well I went and did what I was afraid would happen some day. Went to hitch up my Cyclone to the new Air Safe 25,000# hitch, we bought, with the Holland/Binkley head on it. I was by myself and had hooked it up to the old 16,000# Husky hitch several times without incident. I checked when I backed into the new hitch and saw the jaws were closed around the trailer pin. I thought it was locked. I actually had it locked into the release position, though and didn't realize it. I pulled forward and the trailer came unhitched. It dropped onto the truck fenders, mashing them, the tonneau cover rails and the tailgate. All in all it was around $6000 worth of damage to the truck. The only thing other than cosmetic damage to the Cyclone that I can see is the seams that run along the bottom where the nose cone is sealed to the back part of the nose had the seal broke.
I know that I'm not the first one to do something like this. Is there a possibility that it did any damage to the frame? I will take it to a dealer as soon as possible to have it checked over. Looked the interior over good and everything looks good. I know these trailers are designed to take a pretty good jolt, but don't know about dropping one out of a hitch. Thanks for any replies. I did a search and couldn't bring up anything on this.
I know that I'm not the first one to do something like this. Is there a possibility that it did any damage to the frame? I will take it to a dealer as soon as possible to have it checked over. Looked the interior over good and everything looks good. I know these trailers are designed to take a pretty good jolt, but don't know about dropping one out of a hitch. Thanks for any replies. I did a search and couldn't bring up anything on this.
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