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Check your pins
On ourway way home from our maiden voyage with our new Denali, we had stoped to buy something to drink about an hour from home and found this was what was left of the pin holding the hitch. Now this pin was just purchased in April of this year just prior to our returning from Texas towing the wife’sHonda. We had used this hitch when we bought our Denali the end of May without an issue. Just a couple of hours earlier we had seen some what appeared to be damage to the lock so we had just purchased a new one so this was resolved without an issue but it could have been very ugly.
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Speaking of losing something, our local news yesterday ran a story about a motorhome that just arrived towing what looks like the front facia of his tow being dragged by the tow bar, but nothing else. My guess is someone installed the part that goes on the car, but failed to attach it to a substantial part of the car. The driver was quoted as saying he thought it might have come off somewhere on Hwy. 19, but he wasn't sure. This story came out of Abingdon, VA. for those who know where that is in relation to Hwy 19 suggesting he traveled a good ways apparently without checking his rear monitor! 
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Speaking of losing something, our local news yesterday ran a story about a motorhome that just arrived towing what looks like the front facia of his tow being dragged by the tow bar, but nothing else. My guess is someone installed the part that goes on the car, but failed to attach it to a substantial part of the car. The driver was quoted as saying he thought it might have come off somewhere on Hwy. 19, but he wasn't sure. This story came out of Abingdon, VA. for those who know where that is in relation to Hwy 19 suggesting he traveled a good ways apparently without checking his rear monitor!
There are times people follow me so close in my work truck (18 wheeler) I cant see them in the mirrors so I can see the above and more so if they have not towed before from the sounds of it.
I hope that run away car did not hurt anyone.
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I don't know about you but any car being towed behind a motor home would be hard to see in mirrors and not everyone has monitors either.
There are times people follow me so close in my work truck (18 wheeler) I cant see them in the mirrors so I can see the above and more so if they have not towed before from the sounds of it.
I hope that run away car did not hurt anyone.
Dave ----
There are times people follow me so close in my work truck (18 wheeler) I cant see them in the mirrors so I can see the above and more so if they have not towed before from the sounds of it.
I hope that run away car did not hurt anyone.
Dave ----
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On ourway way home from our maiden voyage with our new Denali, we had stoped to buy something to drink about an hour from home and found this was what was left of the pin holding the hitch. Now this pin was just purchased in April of this year just prior to our returning from Texas towing the wife’sHonda. We had used this hitch when we bought our Denali the end of May without an issue. Just a couple of hours earlier we had seen some what appeared to be damage to the lock so we had just purchased a new one so this was resolved without an issue but it could have been very ugly.
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I believe it was a Reese. I replaced it with a different one, called a deadbolt. The end of the pin where the lock is is got 2 flats and the key actually turns a screw into the end, when you get it tight, align the tumblers and pull the key. Actually it’s pretty easy and feels real solid.
Trailer goes in for warranty the 14th so I’ll be getting all the weights and checking it all again.
Trailer goes in for warranty the 14th so I’ll be getting all the weights and checking it all again.
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