Break-away Cable?
Am I correct? The break-away cable should be SHORTER than the chains...(travel trailer) Doing some tweaking.... Thanks.
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My breakaway cable is shorter than my fully extended safety chains. If and when the safety chains come into play I WANT FULL TRAILER BRAKING. If I can keep my wits and stay off the TV brakes or try and mess with applying just enough trailer brakes to keep that 8K battering ram from rear ending me, the trailer will stay directly behind the TV (as long as I don't maneuver) and will slow both vehicles down.
This subject has been exhaustively discussed in the past which I believe a authortative consensus that you want the breakaway switch to engage before the chains separate if they every would, which I sort of doubt.
IMHO anyone attempting to brake a trailer by normal means when only on the safety chains is a guaranteed way to wreck both vehicles and potentially kill other motorists.
BTW HERE is a fairly good link with multiple links in Ron's post giving various authortative views on this subject.
Larry
This subject has been exhaustively discussed in the past which I believe a authortative consensus that you want the breakaway switch to engage before the chains separate if they every would, which I sort of doubt.
IMHO anyone attempting to brake a trailer by normal means when only on the safety chains is a guaranteed way to wreck both vehicles and potentially kill other motorists.
BTW HERE is a fairly good link with multiple links in Ron's post giving various authortative views on this subject.
Larry
