Frogwatch wrote:

On May 11, 12:07 am, wrote:
My sailing fiasco was yesterday. Today for mothers day, my very large
family decided to get together at a lake at a national forest rec area
where 40 yrs or so ago, my family would camp for a monyth during the
summer cuz nobody had air conditioning so camping at the lake was
nicer during a blistering humid N. FL summer. The place held many
fond memories for my mom.
So, I took my small trailer with my daughters kayak and ancient 18'
Grumman canoe along.
Being sorta melanin challenged, my large family certainly stood out
amongst the darker people who have made this their swimming place but
all was friendly, or so I thought.
Afterwards, I drove back to my parents about 20 miles and then started
for home. I turned a corner and suddenly the trailer started
fishtailing wildly and I barely got off the road under control.
Looking at the trailer hitch, the trailer was held on by only the
safety chains. The hitch had slid out of its receiver because
somebody had either removed the heavy steel pin or more likely the
clip that holds the pin while we had been at the lake. The pin had
held long enough to get to my parents house but had slid out when I
rounded corner. I know I had put the pin an clip on this morn because
I had to find said pin in the back of my truck first.
Was somebody sending a message that us pink people are not welcome
there? I hope not cuz I have never in my life worried about such
around here. Dang, I hate thinking like that.



Or the pin could have just slid out on its own. No offense, but I am not
impressed by the visage or description of your belongings, your delight
in slapping stuff together, and in some of the risks you take or want to
take.

I've never used a just a pin to secure the hitch to the receiver. I use
a hitch-receiver lock, basically a solid steel bar with a keylock on one
end. They're not expensive. I use one like this:

http://tinyurl.com/pxlzxw