Boat Trailer Caution

I was putting my BassTracker Jet away last Sunday evening. Once backed into
the garage and disengaged from my truck hitch I started to position it
manually by pushing on the bow. I assumed this would be a simple task. My
garage floor is very smooth concrete. At one point I was pushing the trailer
in a direction that the trailer jack wheel did not want to follow. Instead
of the wheel coming around (like a shopping cart wheel), the trailer jack
apparently bent, then disengaged momentarily causing the trailer to collapse
onto the top of my left foot crushing a bone. Of course I saw starts,
freaked out a little, no make that a lot, and my wife called 911 (not the
bass club). I am now wearing a knee high cast and hating it.

This probably happened because I once forgot to raise the jack and drove
away. By the time I noticed that I had done this the plastic wheel had
touched down a few times causing some minor flat spots. My guess is that a
flat spot prevent the wheel from turning on the "smooth" concrete whereas
the wheel has always been fine on the rough surface of my driveway. This was
my fault, I just didn't know any better.

I guess I am partially venting here in the NG because I'm more or less stuck
in front of the computer with little else to do right now.

Anyway, those of you with entry level boat trailers like mine ought to take
a good look at your trailer jacks and consider upgrading, especially if your
jack wheel has any flat spots on it..

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