Are these legal as a subtitute/replacement?
The law states that safety chains are mandatory and I agree. I need to extend my safety chains by about 12”, so my question is are safety extension cables such as the Roadmaster legal or do I have to...
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icanon wrote:mowermech wrote:
According to Montana Code Annotated 61-9-208 (6) (a), any trailer over 3000 lbs GVW must have safety chains OR CABLES of not less than 1/4 inch diameter.
However, there is a "catch-all" law (MCA 61-9-504) that allows "The Department" to make such other rules as may be determined necessary for public safety.
What does YOUR state law say?
That's the thing I will be traveling all over and I want to be legal everywhere.
In that case, IMO you will have to contact the appropriate authorities in every state or province you plan to enter. I would not rely on any of the various lists of laws found on the internet. They range from slightly inaccurate to grossly inaccurate. I also would not rely on information given on this or any other forum. Many people have no idea what the law in their locality says, they only know what Joe Doaks down the street told them, but they joyously pass it on as gospel! If given a statute reference so you can read it for yourself, it is probably factual.
Good luck.
