Safety Chains Andersen Hitch
I have ordered the Andersen Hitch after reading the responses to my earlier question posted here about the hitch. Now I am wondering how necessary are the safety chains that are now sold as an option...
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N-Trouble wrote:
Show me why a ball/coupler NEED safety chains as opposed to a traditional 5er hitch and I will run them. But seeing how no other 5er is required to run them I'm not going to go run out and buy a set just because some paper says its the law...
I haven't looked at statutes or regs, but the way the California DMV website describes it you don't need chains for a fifth wheel trailer regardless of how it's hitched (ball or otherwise). Oregon does require chains with a ball setup. Idaho doesn't. I put chains on because I figure they don't hurt anything and I tow quite a bit in Oregon. They certainly aren't difficult to attach/detach.
