J.D. Blackwell
06-26-2002, 11:59 AM
Well, I got to tell everyone this.
It happened earlier this morning. I have a big pressure washer w/ a burner and 525 gallon tank on a 2 axle trailer. It is nealry brand new, costing over $8k. Anyways I filled it up and hooked it up to the forklift. (I have a 2" ball on the end of the fork.)
I was heading down toward the pasture where my track hoe, bulldozer, and back hoe was when the hitch jumped off the fork and started rolling away from me...downhill! It barely missed one of my dad's shop buildings and rolled into the pasture past the equipment. It rolled another 100yds. before it struck a couple trees at 25mph and then WHAM! The tank flew off the trailer along with the reel with 100' of hose wrapped up in it. The engine and burner doesn't appear to be damaged...to much. It didn't tear up the trailer, but the tank is gone and I might be able to fix the rest of it.
Anyways I am having a bad day, but not as bad as the time Moonshine went out in the pasture to shoot at turtles.....
The moral of the story is ALWAYS latch your hitch on the trailer.:(
It happened earlier this morning. I have a big pressure washer w/ a burner and 525 gallon tank on a 2 axle trailer. It is nealry brand new, costing over $8k. Anyways I filled it up and hooked it up to the forklift. (I have a 2" ball on the end of the fork.)
I was heading down toward the pasture where my track hoe, bulldozer, and back hoe was when the hitch jumped off the fork and started rolling away from me...downhill! It barely missed one of my dad's shop buildings and rolled into the pasture past the equipment. It rolled another 100yds. before it struck a couple trees at 25mph and then WHAM! The tank flew off the trailer along with the reel with 100' of hose wrapped up in it. The engine and burner doesn't appear to be damaged...to much. It didn't tear up the trailer, but the tank is gone and I might be able to fix the rest of it.
Anyways I am having a bad day, but not as bad as the time Moonshine went out in the pasture to shoot at turtles.....
The moral of the story is ALWAYS latch your hitch on the trailer.:(