But at least no damage was done and it really didn't turn into a big deal. The only thing that I think cause the hitch pin to fail is that it was the type that has a swivel type pin rather than a clip type and I guess it straightened out and worked its way out on the rough road. I had a spare hitch pin so once I got the hitch out of the dirt l re-attached everything and finished my trip to the trailer shop. Luckily the new trailer had a skid type plate so it didn't hurt the trailer, car or really anything. Well, at some point the hitch pin came out and the hitch slid out of the receiver and the trailer no longer on the hitch hit the ground. I have trailer hitch receiver that can swap out for a hitch, bike rack, storage rack etc. I know what happened so I slow down, and pull completely off of the freeway to the soft shoulder.
I look in the rear view mirror and I can no longer see the bow stop assembly. The ride was really rough sometimes due to the road condition but suddenly I feel a jerk and know something is wrong. So I am driving from SD to be trailer shop and doing everything right, I am not exceed 55 mph, I am in the far right lane and just happy to have a new trailer. It bounces around and on California freeways it bounces even more because the right are notoriously uneven from all of the Semi traffic. Now we all know that traveling with an empty not exactly enjoyable. The trailer is made by this shop and I wanted them to fix it up and get it ready to travel. So.after weeks of searching I found a used 2006 trailer is pretty good condition in San Diego (I am in the Palm Springs area), Trailer is priced well so I buy it and pick it up in San Diego and will take it to a trailer shop in the San Bernardino County (about 80 miles from SD and 80 miles from my home).
The boat is structurally sound, motor seems good (haven't used it yet) and the original trailer needs to be replaced but I knew that when I bought it. I just purchase a 1964 Glass Magic 16' runabout and have been happily cleaning it and checking everything out. I am new to this forum but not to boating, 7 boats over 45 years. I need to commiserate with some fellow boaters.