Things that happen when towing

[Burley_Boy]

Know that hill well Steve. Lived at the top for a while and everytime it rained there would be multiple crashes even saw a VW roll and go on fire...

Anyway with towing incidents I must say that the Hope Island roundabout was memorable when I pulled up behind a large expensive boat and 4WD with a cool character behind the wheel. He gunned the engine and took off towards Sanctuary Cove.......as the boat slides off the trailer and parks itself in the roundabout Looked amusing from my car but he seemed strangely less cool????

My first boat and trailer gave me a lesson. It seemed a bit noisy so after launching the boat at Budds Beach I grabbed the tire on the trailer to check if there was any movement......the tire then just fell off! Learnt how to change the bearings real quick!

Not a trailer story but scary anyway. As a young fella in Sydney had a 750 Kawasaki lined up at the front of the lights crossing Parramatta Rd at Concord. Lights go green and half a dozen bikes roar off as we've all snuck up the front. Snap it into second gear while accelerating a fair bit and the chain snaps wrapping itself around the rear wheel giving me a complete lockup at 50km/h (ish) held it straight and didn't drop it but scary as hell and could have ended a lot worse than what it cost to fix.

[dnej]

Mate of mine bought a trailer sailer.Decided to go for his first sail,and went about fitting the removable end of the draw bar,to his car ,putting the pin in place.
Backed out of his driveway,onto the road, and up the first hill.Got part way up the hill, only to see the boat sailing down the hill backwards.
Missed everything,and he discovered the detachable part of the bar gone from his vehicle,but still attached to the boat.

When he fitted the pin,he had not put it through the corresponding internal hole, but rather missed the removal part all together.
Very lucky
David