Where to connect brake break away cable on Patriot Hitch

When we 1st got into RVing back in '03, dealer attached the breakaway to hitch handle. Not knowing any better, figured he knew what's best and never changed how/where I attached it to. Now I have the Patriot and I installed a eye bolt to a empty hole in hitch handle then attach cable via a Caribeaner. Never a problem. Should the hitch ever break free from base, will have bigger fish to worry about than where the cable is attached to. Is this the correct way? Perhaps not, but if you have loose wood in bed of truck by D rings, that could interfere w/ the cable too. So sadly, one way isn't a one size fits all.

I have an eye bolt attached to the bed of my truck. The break away cable is attached to this bolt.

Ken

Sjm9911 wrote:
Ok, i will just say how i do it. I hook it to the hitch. Not the ball. In the scheme of worst case scenarios, the ball will fail first, or i the locking mechanism will fail. Odds are the whole hitch assembly thats bolted on coming off are slimmer. I hook mine up to where the saftey chains go, i make sure the wire is less distance then the chains. So if i come off the hitch it will enguage and the chains will still be on. I will be able to feel the breaks on the trailor pulling back and i can stop. This way seems safest to me.

OP here,
I was refering to a 5th wheel hitch not a bumper pull.

With the old 5th wheel hitch there were holes up the side of the hitch that I could easily reach.

I do have D rings on each side of my truck bed at the rear but I felt that if I really needed it work I'd want it to work ASAP. By hooking to the hitch which is in the middle of the bed it would pull out maybe a few seconds faster than one connected at the rear of the bed.

I have never heard of the entire 5th wheel hitch coming out of the truck just while normal driving. I agree in a rollover or collision it could be ripped out and at that point I'd have much bigger problems to deal with.

Dave

Ok, i will just say how i do it. I hook it to the hitch. Not the ball. In the scheme of worst case scenarios, the ball will fail first, or i the locking mechanism will fail. Odds are the whole hitch assembly thats bolted on coming off are slimmer. I hook mine up to where the saftey chains go, i make sure the wire is less distance then the chains. So if i come off the hitch it will enguage and the chains will still be on. I will be able to feel the breaks on the trailor pulling back and i can stop. This way seems safest to me.

LOL...bed can come of about like the hitch can come off or the bumper can come off.
A thread like this was on another brand rv forum. Everyone decided to hook it where it was the easiest for them. Works fine

dpgllg wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Never hook to the hitch.

OP Here

Why shouldn't you hook to the hitch?

Dave

Hitch can come loose, hook to bed as many have a "D" hook by the tailgate.

OK, attach the breakaway cable to something that won’t breakaway...isn’t helping pull the load, isn’t near something helping to pull the load.

In the bed of the truck? Why not the bumper, or the bumber could pull off also?

It is almost impossible for a hitch to carry away, but IF IT SHOULD, hook the breakaway to something in the bed of the truck.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Never hook to the hitch.

OP Here

Why shouldn't you hook to the hitch?

Dave