Breakaway Cable on Andersen Hitch.
For those of you that use the Andersen Ultimate Hitch, how do you hook up the Breakaway Cable? I thought, about putting it over the Ball on the Hitch, then hooking up the Coupler on top of it. Then I ...
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RCMAN46 wrote:Thermoguy wrote:Njmurvin wrote:
I hook mine with a carabiner to a cargo tie down hook at the rear of the bed of my truck.
That is a bad idea - you need the brakes on the trailer to initiate before you hit the end of your chains. The chains should be just a hair longer than the breakaway cable. You also want the tongue of the trailer to stay in the bed, not fall to the ground. You should do a little research on this before you get in an accident.
I don't have an Anderson hitch, but on my gooseneck, the safety chains and breakaway cable have a ring that is attached to the frame on either side of the ball.
I would prefer the breakaway be attached to the truck bed and not anything on the hitch.
Also I do not believe the Anderson hitches require safety chains.
If you have a hitch failure such as happened to a standard type 5th wheel hitch where the hitch head separated from the truck and had the breakaway been attached to the head the breakaway may not be activated.
If the length of the breakaway cable is shortened such it will activate before the end of the safety chains if used should be OK.
Safety Chains are required for the Anderson Hitch as it is considered a Gooseneck connection - ball.
