Gentlemen,
As most of you are aware I have a new van which has been fitted with a
Towbar by the garage's agents, well today I borrowed from a good friend of
mine his large trailer because I and a few others are collecting from a
local site a telephone exchange which I will deliver to Internal Fire at
Easter. The exchange is to big for my trailer.
Whilst driving the twenty five miles home I had a call from my friend
suggesting I might look at my towbar when I got home as he had seen it
appear to move/flex when I drove off.
When I got home I had a look and found that the towbar was actually loose on
its fixings because who ever had fitted it had not used either locking
washers, nyloc nuts or what ever, it was a plain nut and bolt with the flat
washer on the bolt head side.
Tomorrow it gets bolted together properly with correct fixings, don't assume
because it was fitted by a towbar company it is correct because it is not
fun being passed by a trailer you thought you were towing.
Martin P
- posted 14 years ago