TRAVELING PULLING A 24' BOAT ON FEEDER ABOUT TO GET ON FREEWAY. A HIDDEN HITCH M#80239 BROKE. MY BOAT CRASHED INTO MY TRUCK WHEN I BRAKED. TRAFFIC WAS BAD AND THERE WERE AT LEAST 3 DRIVERS THAT ALMOST HIT ME. THE BOAT WAS FULL OF GAS, 80 GALLONS. IF THE HITCH HAD BROKE ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGHER SPEED PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I SHOWED THE FAILED HITCH TO A FRIEND WHO IS A SPECIALTY WELDER. HE SAID THAT THE WELD WAS NOT PROPERLY FUSED WITH THE METAL ON THE 2"X2" BAR. THE COMPANY WHO MADE THE HITCH TRIED TO GET ME TO SEND THEM THE FAILED HITCH. I REFUSED SINCE IT WAS THE ONLY EVIDENCE I HAD. I AM TRYING TO GET THEM TO PAY FOR MY DAMAGES. *TT