Blaze
The Jeeper Reaper
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2005
- Location
- Wake Forest, NC
My parents have a big ol' RV that they travel around in with their two gigantic dogs. They have an older 90s Lexus ES350 that they pull behind it on a dolly. They were down in Texas and something happened to the receiver pin and the receiver pulled out, the safety chains failed and the Lexus and dolly went for a solo ride into the median cables.
I'm not sure how it happened, it was just a standard pin and not a locking one, but he's never taken it out and last time I looked it all over for him it was fine. The S-hooks on the safety chains bent open almost immediately, they didn't do jack shit. He said he felt it come loose and looked in his rear camera and saw it fall off and go straight into the median. Dad did a damn good job strapping that Lexus to the dolly though, never came off.
They used to have a really nice camper they pulled around with their Durango, but it wasn't big enough for their giant dogs so they needed to buy a 38ft motorhome.
I'm not sure how it happened, it was just a standard pin and not a locking one, but he's never taken it out and last time I looked it all over for him it was fine. The S-hooks on the safety chains bent open almost immediately, they didn't do jack shit. He said he felt it come loose and looked in his rear camera and saw it fall off and go straight into the median. Dad did a damn good job strapping that Lexus to the dolly though, never came off.
They used to have a really nice camper they pulled around with their Durango, but it wasn't big enough for their giant dogs so they needed to buy a 38ft motorhome.