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08-21-2019, 07:27 AM
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Location: Oshawa, ON
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Originally Posted by Roberte52
Salty roads the cause? As another poster said, I check my hitch components every time I tow. Doesn't take a lot of my time to do so!
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Our municipality of 150,000 puts down 12,000 tons of salt annually, plus liquid brine. The reason I know the quantities is that I buy the salt for our municipality.
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2017 GMC SLT HD All Terrain Crew Cab (6' 6" Box) 2012 Roo 23SS
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08-21-2019, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by CentralMePistol
Thank you captain obvious.......If you inspect the every inch of your truck on a regular basis you clearly have more time to kill than most of us.
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WOW..... just WOW..... sure glad I’m not part of your family.
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08-21-2019, 08:12 AM
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OP, is that an OEM hitch?
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08-21-2019, 08:43 AM
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Location: Southern NM
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Zowie, definitely a bizarre event. Strange place for that much rust.
So who checks the air in your spare tire? Seems like that kind of rust damage would of caught their eye.
Glad the failure occurred where it did, at least you were lucky in that!
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2012 Wildcat Sterling 32RL - w/level up (best option ever)
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08-21-2019, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by SeaDog
That didn't happen overnight and should not be a surprise to you. Like anything else a rig needs to be looked over from stem to stern.
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This reminds me of that time you failed to inspect your propane hoses and had a severe leak. You could have burned your trailer to the ground . . . or worse.
http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...ak-174721.html
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08-21-2019, 09:17 AM
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The hitch looked ok before it failed.
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08-21-2019, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by woo10-210
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LOL...gotta love it!
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08-21-2019, 09:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jfkmk
OP, is that an OEM hitch?
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Yes.
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08-21-2019, 09:23 AM
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Pickin', Campin', Mason
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Originally Posted by woo10-210
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08-21-2019, 09:24 AM
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Lol... yes we all learn from experience. Sometimes we forget that though. Myself included- I’ve laughed at a few people who probably didn’t deserve it.
In the end I was hopping my learning experience might save someone else...
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08-21-2019, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by woo10-210
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First thanks for posting pistol. I do look at my trailer hitch but I never reach up inside to have a feel for what I cant see or use a mirror to have a look.
Its too bad that there are a bunch on this forum that are quick to criticize and ruin and good thread and forum for that matter.
Seadog you should take your own advice. A quick visual on your trailer would have revealed that your propane lines were of insufficient length and corrected the problem before offering it for use.
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08-21-2019, 09:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by upflying
The hitch looked ok before it failed.
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This is far from a 2012 vehicle Pistol was driving. Get a grip
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08-21-2019, 10:30 AM
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Location: Southern NM
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I thought it was funny comment/pic that added some levity to this thread that's about to go off the rails anyway.
You can take it as a harmless joke, or as a mean spirited jab. It's your choice......
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Originally Posted by keegantimber
This is far from a 2012 vehicle Pistol was driving. Get a grip
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08-21-2019, 10:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CentralMePistol
Lol... yes we all learn from experience. Sometimes we forget that though. Myself included- I’ve laughed at a few people who probably didn’t deserve it.
In the end I was hopping my learning experience might save someone else...
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I appreciate it, I try to look over my vehicles occasionally, kind of why I like to do my own servicing, tire rotations, etc. and have a look while I'm there, but I don't remember everything.
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08-21-2019, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Central Maine
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Warning; Check Your Hitch!
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Originally Posted by Lins
I appreciate it, I try to look over my vehicles occasionally, kind of why I like to do my own servicing, tire rotations, etc. and have a look while I'm there, but I don't remember everything.
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Me too bud... I actually walked right in the garage and got under the truck while it was replaced at uhaul. I wanted to be sure it was done right without cutting corners. (Had a bad experience with another uhual years ago)
And yes- the rust bucket was quite funny!
I’m gonna try to leave it at this guys and gals...
STAY SAFE!
And please post up your freak issues- maybe I have one brewing I didn’t even know to check!
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08-21-2019, 11:33 AM
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For certain vehicles driven in salt, need to check the caliper piston. If you have one where salt water can sit inside, this can happen. On one forum I am on, the piston corroded enough that the brake pressure blew through the wall of the piston.
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08-21-2019, 12:46 PM
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Thank you, CentralMePistol, for the reminder to periodically look more closely at critical components. Stuff happens, and it's easy to overlook the clues (not saying there were any clues in your situation - corrosion is sneaky). On the subject of hitches, I posted the full story a couple years ago, but briefly, be sure to recheck the torque on receiver mounting bolts after a few hours of driving and again after maybe 50 hours. My dealer-installed OEM Mopar receiver lost one of the bolts and the others were loose. Figured it out and crisis averted.
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08-21-2019, 12:53 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
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Originally Posted by woo10-210
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Ha! Well done!
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08-21-2019, 01:09 PM
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Warning; Check Your Hitch!
I would also add to check your bolts and make sure they’re torqued down properly and not bent. The bolts on my hitch bent and caused my hitch to be loose. It happened because my Toyota factory hitch wasn’t wdh compatible. A lot of people with newer 4Runners and fj cruisers don’t know this. Heck even Toyota didn’t know that. I suspected it but somehow let my rv dealer talk me into using one. This happened on the ride home. Glad I noticed them when I wasn’t to towing. 
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08-21-2019, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Lufkin, Texas USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82
I can honestly say I have never in my life...which has been quite long...seen a hitch rust out like that. I had a 1979 F150 that I sold in 2008 and the hitch was still good.
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I can honestly say the same thing.
We sold our '73 Ford F100 (Dad bought it off his brother in '74 or '75) a few years ago with 350K+ on it and zero rust problems. 
We live 2-1/2 hours North of the coast and 3-1/2 hour or so South of the "Salt" line so we don't have those problems. 
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