Broken trailer hitch

[spyderwoman]

This is what happened to my hitch as I was traveling back from the Keys. As I was getting ready to get onto a four lane highway, my trailer separated from my bike across two lanes of traffic. The hitch had broken at the welds. Thank goodness there was no oncoming traffic and the trailer scooted across the four lane into a turning lane! Beware of the welds on any hitch, but this is an aftermarket hitch. Not sure of the manufacture, bought it used.

 

[Copperman]

Holy crap!!! Good thing I have a BRP hitch.

 

[pitzerwm]

Thanks for the heads up, just checked the BRP hitch, there is no welds there, but one thing to realize is that the chain holders are on the part that broke away. You were lucky for sure.

 

[Bfromla]

:yikes::yikes::yikes:nojoke:gaah::dontknow: Please do find the name & share:thumbup: With us. Being that it was used :lecturef_smilie: Will not point blame. Glad no other major damage or injuries:2thumbs: For our guess work do you have any pics of it before it broke?

 

[spyderwoman]

No no pictures before the break . But here is a picture of the temporary fix I made to get me back home . Held up good for over 400 miles .

 

[pitzerwm]

Clever and quick thinking on the fix. In addition to the Name of the manuf. Used or not, there shouldn't have been that kind of failure.


Did the weld break or the weakened metal by the weld?

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

TRAILER HITCH

Glad you were made out OK......could you possibly post some more pics....like the part with the BALL turned so we can see the other side where the breaks are.........Thanks .....Mike :bbq:

 

[ARtraveler]

Glad you got through that okay. Nice fix for the journey home. :bowdown::bowdown::firstplace::firstplace:

 

[spyderwoman]

I will get some pics tomorrow of the bottom side .

 

[Cruzr Joe]

This does not look like any Spyder Hitch that i have seen.


Cruzr Joe

 

[Tango]

Not the first time I have heard of an aftermarket hitch breaking at the welds. :yikes: Tom :spyder:

 

[Chupaca]

Yikes...!!

Agree with the above . it is scary epecially with the backup (chains) going with it...:yikes: Never seen that set up but the patch job is better than the original...:banghead:

 

[Bob Denman]

This kind of makes you want to think that BRP knows a little bit more about what they're doing, than they often get credit for...

Glad to hear that you made it home okay! :thumbup:

 

[Fatcycledaddy]

That is why I went with the Show Chrome hitch. it is one piece of 1/4" thick steal bent into the proper shape and reinforced for the ball location. I didn't like the looks of the welded joints to make the angle changes on most of the other hitches out there.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

This kind of makes you want to think that BRP knows a little bit more about what they're doing, than they often get credit for...

Glad to hear that you made it home okay! :thumbup:

:agree:

Spyderwoman, did you have just happen tools and parts with you to do that fix? I travel with some zip ties, but not that other stuff.

 

[Brentc]

Glad your ok

Dodged a bullet there! Glad your ok, and made it back in two pieces....

 

[trikermutha]

Love to see the back view and underside view.

That looks like a 3 piece hitch welded together but hard to tell completely by the pics.

Man that must have been scary..:yikes:

 

[jaherbst]

You get what you pay for. Unknown to many, Cheaper is not better nor does it usually come close to the OEM equipment. This was just another example of that. Buyer beware!

Jack

 

[billybovine]

Found the hitch.

This looks like it.

Looks like it was made by a company called Mel's Monster Garage. It was advertised in 2008 as the first and only trailer hitch available for the Spyder. The company appears to be out of business.

IMHO If anyone has and still using this hitch. I would change it out for another one. In my thinking it is just not built to take the stress of vertical movement in a unsprung application found on the Spyder.

 

[Bob Denman]

I think that they also made the first of the oversized front sprockets also...