JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I think the question to ask is this: What part of the trailer & hitch system
is most likely to fail and send the trailer careening off the road?

Coupler??
I unhooked mine at a highways weigh station today to find out my
spanking new boat trailer weighs in at 617 pounds. What a bitch of a
time getting the new coupler seated on the 2" ball. I ended up
scratching my new Ranger rear bumper fiddling around.