Towed vehicle breakaway events?
In thinking about the breakaway systems used along with supplemental braking systems on towed vehicles, it got me wondering about how many times these breakaway systems actually may have been called u...
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I have seen the event happen, going South on intersrate 5 towands Dana Point in California, Idiot pulling a fishing boat going about 80+ miles and boat not being properlly tied down, right hand curve ahead down hill, idiot enters curve and boat starts to leve trailer braking front winch connection and also trailer twisting and coming off the hitch from the car.
Boat departed from trailer, trailer departed from car, safety chains broke one first then the other one, for some unknown reason idiot had brake away cable actually connected to vehicle.
Boat went towards center divider and proceeded to brake appart, idiot in car continued forward as if nothing had happened, trailer's tires locked up and started to slow down real fast, I passed on right side in my VW bus, saw in rear mirror as a couple of vehicles swerved arround trailer parked in on No 2 lane on a four lane freeway.
The idiot eventually stopped about a half mile down the road, so yes they do work if all is in good condition and hooked up correct, boat and trailer looked very new.
With the new hitches and levellers and sway bars, the trailers tend to roll over and the vehicle goes with them, it is still a good thing to have them, my friend would pull the brake away pin while he set up his trailer so that it would not move untill he placed the chocks.
I have a brake away cable with my toad's brake system.
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Boat departed from trailer, trailer departed from car, safety chains broke one first then the other one, for some unknown reason idiot had brake away cable actually connected to vehicle.
Boat went towards center divider and proceeded to brake appart, idiot in car continued forward as if nothing had happened, trailer's tires locked up and started to slow down real fast, I passed on right side in my VW bus, saw in rear mirror as a couple of vehicles swerved arround trailer parked in on No 2 lane on a four lane freeway.
The idiot eventually stopped about a half mile down the road, so yes they do work if all is in good condition and hooked up correct, boat and trailer looked very new.
With the new hitches and levellers and sway bars, the trailers tend to roll over and the vehicle goes with them, it is still a good thing to have them, my friend would pull the brake away pin while he set up his trailer so that it would not move untill he placed the chocks.
I have a brake away cable with my toad's brake system.
navegator
navegator
