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Originally Posted by Cory
If the trailer falls off the robot, that should be a field fault, and the match should be replayed.
I really don't understand why the poor team that has this happen to them would get disabled. Then the alliance is penalized twice for the field breaking?
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If it is because the pin or trailer tongue broke, then I would agree. If it was because the team improperly installed the pin, then that is their own fault.
I grew up on a farm, and we never "trusted" these types of pins having them "jump" out on occasion. I never lost a hitch pin though that had a secondary cotter pin properly installed. Small bumps while undertension can put a surprizing amount of vertical force into a hitch-pin.