[SEL] sorta O/T but safety related and bizarre

[Judge Tommy Turner]

You're right Bill but by looking at the photos, the rear cross member (I 
don't think its simply the bumper) he was jacking up was as close to the 
frame as he could probably get.  I'm just thankful that the ball popped 
out in this process instead of him traveling down the road at 65 mph and 
lose 2 tons of iron behind him.  Losing the iron wouldn't be a big issue 
as I've lost some of it in the past.  But, if a runaway trailer were to 
cross a median and hit an oncoming vehicle the results could be tragic.  
I know Jim Withers had a ball come off of a pickup once and he had a 15 
HP Famous on a trailer behind him.  He told me he felt it jolt and when 
he looked in his rear view mirror he saw the trailer flipping over in 
the median and flywheel pieces were flying everywhere.  It made a junker 
out of a good engine.  No one was hurt so the end result wasn't as bad 
as it possibly could have been.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>But jacking by the frame would have........
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>Bill
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