Posting for "strange" damage, just to share 
Picked up the boat from indoor storage today and had unusual damage on the swing tongue just behind the receiver. The facility does all moving in and out of the enclosure. It looks like when hooking up, they overshot the receiver and the ball got jammed up under the tongue. It must have been a hard hit given that it folded the relatively thick metal under the tongue.
I towed it to the dealer today, checking the tongue every 5 minutes for the first 20 minutes and making sure the hubs were not hot from constantly applied brakes. Seat of the pants monitoring says the surge brakes were functioning fine.
For safety, I will probably replace the entire swing tongue. I don't "think" the tongue is compromised but if anything ever happened, I would not forgive myself for not replacing it.
Picked up the boat from indoor storage today and had unusual damage on the swing tongue just behind the receiver. The facility does all moving in and out of the enclosure. It looks like when hooking up, they overshot the receiver and the ball got jammed up under the tongue. It must have been a hard hit given that it folded the relatively thick metal under the tongue.
I towed it to the dealer today, checking the tongue every 5 minutes for the first 20 minutes and making sure the hubs were not hot from constantly applied brakes. Seat of the pants monitoring says the surge brakes were functioning fine.
For safety, I will probably replace the entire swing tongue. I don't "think" the tongue is compromised but if anything ever happened, I would not forgive myself for not replacing it.
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