There was almost no damage to either the Jeep or camper. I need to be going slow AND downhill AND be aware for this to have a positive outcome. The switch box is also now moved and not attached to the adapter plate. The entire tow mechanism was still attached to the truck. When the plate came off and tore the light cables, it also tore off the cable to the breakaway switch box. The breakaway box is ALSO attached to the adapter plate. OBTW, We actually shared a Boondocker site in ID with you on the same trip! I now have separate safety chain mounts on my recovery hooks separate from the adapter plate.
We stowed the towbar and drove separately the rest of the way home. We were coming home from 3 months and 6k miles of travel but this happened 30 miles from home.
Thankfully, I was going down hill and the Jeep, resting bumper to bumper, followed me over to the shoulder. The only other thing connecting the Jeep to the camper was the electrical cable, which parted and nothing connected the two. The Jeep came back behind the camper but the stress broke the remaining 1/2″ bolt. I applied the brakes and began a slow move to the shoulder. One of the two 1/2″ bolts connecting the mount plate had become loose and fell out, allowing the adapter plate to become crooked and the Jeep to move sideways. In September, 2019, while coming down off the Cajon pass into the LA basin, I was creeping along in bumper to bumper freeway traffic when I looked out my side mirror and COULD SEE HALF MY JEEP creeping into the lane next to me. Normally I can’t see the Jeep behind the camper and use a rearview camera to monitor the hitch. The mount plate contains the broadly mounted connection points for the Y shaped tow bar, next to them is the two loops for the safety chains/cables and in the center is the power connector and breakaway box. My tow bar connects onto the Jeep using a mount plate bolted to the bottom of the Jeep bumper.
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