electric brake "breakaway" cable
I installed the fifth wheel hitch in my truck the other day and finally had a chance to pull our new (new to us ;)) fifth wheel. I put a new 7 blade connector in the bed of the truck: I li...
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WyoTraveler wrote:
Interesting. If you are on windy mountain roads could it get tangled & unhitch the 5ver? Don't know, just asking. I always hooked mine to the base plate.
No it can't unhitch the 5ver. While a severe turn might pull the breakaway cable out and activate the trailer brakes, there is no way it can unhitch the 5ver. It takes a lot more pressure to pull out the hitch handle that that cable can apply. Also, if you look at the second photo you will see that the hitch handle latch is down over the hitch handle. To unhitch a 5ver the hitch handle must be pulled out. The hitch handle latch in the down position prevents the handle from being pulled out.
