Bummer Dude! I've never thought of doing such. Sorry you had to even learn this lesson.
We have all made mistakes.
I will share two from 2013-- both regard loading and securing of loads.
1. I picked up a Chevy Blazer, Tied it down at all 4 points, had it in Park, put on the emergency brake. I drove about 15 miles and when I stopped, the truck had slid into my winch box. Could not figure out for the life of me how (not as if I was even on the interstate) and with that- now all the straps were loose. Come to find out- the neutral safety switch on the blazer was broken or had issues. Lesson: Just look for things of that nature in the future!
2. I picked up a buddy of mine's car. I strapped it down at all 4 points as usual, I had to have it in neutral to winch it up. Apparently when I was all tied down and ready to go, all seemed tight, all seemed just fine and we were about 3 miles from pick-up to drop-off. I pull into the cul-de-sac and as I start backing up, the car comes forward. He never took it out of neutral- put it in park OR put the E-brake on. Once again the straps were loose and the car was literally just sitting on the trailer.
Lesson: MY RIG, MY RESPONSIBILITY!
Thankfully no one or nothing was damaged, I pooped my pants TWICE in 2013! I'm about as retentive as they come, and both of these situations were thoroughly embarrassing to me! Hurt my pride- but lessons learned!
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