Rover Park 2014

After the trip I left the trailer on with Bumblebee so I could get it weighed at Reedy Creek on Monday and then got the trailer weighted on Tuesday - that allowed me to work out the net weight of bumblebee and surprisingly it is about the same weight as a rangie - 2.3t (full of fuel and all recovery gear/tools/parts on board + 35's)

Anyway Tuesday night I finally took the trailer off the car - and found that the clip that holds the pin for the trailer hitch was gone!

Nothing was holding the hitch pin in!

I am very sure it was in properly when I left the GC Friday - in from the top so cant fall out one would think.

Scary to think 3.4 ton on the back (Trailer + truck) could have broken away or at least being totally reliant on the chains.

No idea where the clip/pin was 'lost' - could have been anywhere - at camp or when parked at home or at work on Monday and Tuesday.

Lesson - check the pin/clip regularly - I check my trailer before pulling off but have never regularly check the pin which on the D2 is out of sight.

Wow. Very lucky Keith. Scary to think you could have traveled such a distance without the clip :O

Yes very scary - reminds me of the issue the group had at Rover park before with steering being undone.

I like to think (hope) that the pin disappeared maybe outside my place at night or when parked on campus on Tuesday - then I am not so scared to think about it.