[Richard]

I wasn't implying that you did anything improperly, but I was clearly saying that something about the arrangement put a big side load on the hitch. You may be on to something with the steering tag. I would have someone watch it the next couple of times to see how the trailer toad acts when backing or mount a temp video cam to see whAt is going on. You have an unusual combo with the trailer toad and steerable tag. Again, I am not pointing fingers, You may want to have newell fab some wider side plates to increase the side load strength.