Bob&Patty
Founders of SoCal Chapter
Last Friday afternoon I hook up to the Horn and took it to our camping spot at a local CG. I had a ratchet type tie down laying in the bed of the truck. No big deal...RIGHT.........WRONG. About half way to the CG...someone put a 12 ga shotgun to my ear and pulled the trigger.
I soiled my underware, looked in my mirrors to see if all the tires were still there. Just spent $1200.00 for new GY's. All the tires were still on the TV and Horn. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw that the back glass on the Chebby was missing. HUH??? WHAT??? Where did it go??? I found out where it went....all over the back seat....thats where. Its now of those "what the @#%$^&^%" moments.
I continued on to the CG, just a few more miles and this is what I found. The tie down was gone...vanished....poooofed...no where to be found. There was 2 big dents on the back of the cab and just above that was a dent in the back glass frame. Another "OK I give up" moments. Upon futher investigation, this what had happened.
The loose end of the tie down had been sucked down between the cab and the bed. The strap had wrapped itself around the driveshaft. I think you all get the picture now. The buckle was what hit the cab and blasted the glass. The only thing left of the tie down was the strap....the ratchet and the hooks were gone. You could see where the hard parts were hitting every thing underneith. They could have punched a hole in the fuel tank. I found out today at work that this has happened before to one of our customers.
This now my WARNING.....NEVER....EVER... leave a loose tie down in the bed of your TV. At least when towing. The tie down had been in the bed of the TV for 2 weeks and never moved. Apparantly the turbulence caused by the 5'er caused this the happen. Tie down..$5.00....new back glass....$500.00. Lesson learned.
I soiled my underware, looked in my mirrors to see if all the tires were still there. Just spent $1200.00 for new GY's. All the tires were still on the TV and Horn. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw that the back glass on the Chebby was missing. HUH??? WHAT??? Where did it go??? I found out where it went....all over the back seat....thats where. Its now of those "what the @#%$^&^%" moments.
I continued on to the CG, just a few more miles and this is what I found. The tie down was gone...vanished....poooofed...no where to be found. There was 2 big dents on the back of the cab and just above that was a dent in the back glass frame. Another "OK I give up" moments. Upon futher investigation, this what had happened.
The loose end of the tie down had been sucked down between the cab and the bed. The strap had wrapped itself around the driveshaft. I think you all get the picture now. The buckle was what hit the cab and blasted the glass. The only thing left of the tie down was the strap....the ratchet and the hooks were gone. You could see where the hard parts were hitting every thing underneith. They could have punched a hole in the fuel tank. I found out today at work that this has happened before to one of our customers.
This now my WARNING.....NEVER....EVER... leave a loose tie down in the bed of your TV. At least when towing. The tie down had been in the bed of the TV for 2 weeks and never moved. Apparantly the turbulence caused by the 5'er caused this the happen. Tie down..$5.00....new back glass....$500.00. Lesson learned.