Trailer coupling

[BitSlayer]

:agree: with using the pin and checking the tightness of the ball to coupler each time you use the trailer. My dad learded the hard way to check that the coupler was secure. We had a boat pop off the ball one time. Luckily, we were not traveling very fast and the chains saved us. I would add to your trailer preparation process the affixing of the pin/lock to the engagement latch and once that is in place, reach down and pull up on the trailer tongue. It should only give a very small amount if it has engaged the ball correctly.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Always use a lock pin

GWRRA has a training video that deals with pulling a trailer with a motorcycle. In it the narrator mentions that by far the majority of trailer accidents, all, not just m/c trailers, that involve the trailer coming loose from the tow ball are because no pin was used to secure the latch mechanism. I had been somewhat lackadaisical about that until I watched the video.