Lost Trailers

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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?

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.