Is this unsafe to do this?
Would anyone hitch up their breakaway cable like this? I was trying to figure out the logic behind this method, thanks. Moderator edit to re-size picture to forum limit of 640px maximum width.
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Lantley wrote:NJRVer wrote:Terryallan wrote:
Never Never Never hook the lanyard to the hitch. As mentioned. IF the hitch breaks, the brake pin will not be pulled. Will be useless.
I put a I-bolt thru the step bumper where there is a place for chaines to be hooked if using the bumper to tow. I hook the lanyard to that. So that even if the hitch fall off, the brakes will still be pulled on.
I think I have more faith in the hitch than I do in a bumper.
It's not about faith. The whole premise of the brake and cable is that a failure can occur. If failure occurs it is wise to have cable attached to anything other than the point of failure
Exactly a safety system is always designed around an improbable failure, but it can still be a failure even if its a small chance of failure. There wouldn't even be a breakaway cable if there wasn't a chance of breakaway. plan for the worst, and expect the best!
