Mysterious trailer damage
With a rare sunny Seattle day today, I decided to take the boat out on the freeway to test out the new tow rig before the season starts...
Prior to leaving, I wiped down a bunch of dust from the trailer and everything was in perfect (undamaged) condition.
I then took the boat out for a 10 minute drive down the freeway and back. Note that I have to reverse up my drive way to get the boat into the garage and it is a slight incline from the road to the garage.
When decoupling the trailer I walked past the left side of the boat and noticed the rear left wheel arch was buckled in. Now I drove with the windows open the entire way to make sure there were no creaks, squeals etc with the new tow rig and I am certain that I did not hit anything (also, there are no external marks on the wheel arch to indicate an external collision). I have a feeling that this was possibly caused by the wheel bouncing off the wheel arch and buckling it (again, no evidence of this on the tire), though it looks almost impossible when the trailer is on level ground (there is alot of clearance between the wheel and the metal!).
Has this happened to anyone before?
Any ideas on why this might have happened?
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