15+ F150 - Breakaway Cable anchor?
For those with a current model F150, any recommendations on where/how to anchor the breakaway cable? I've never liked anchoring it to the hitch, as it would do no good in the case of a hitch fail...
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Retired JSO wrote:
The engineers put tow hook rings on the hitch and not on the vehicle frame for a reason. Convenience and safety. Don’t try to think outside the box. Use a clasp/hook device and attach to the safety chain anchor rings.
This question is about the breakaway cable, not the safety chains. Of course safety chains go on the hitch rings! The breakaway cable, on the other hand, is meant to engage the trailer brakes if the trailer separates from the truck. In the case of a hitch failure, the cable would not pull and the trailer brakes would not engage.
It's an unlikely scenario, but it always seemed smarter to connect the cable to the truck independently from the hitch itself. On my previous TV there was an easy way to wrap a steel cable around the frame - no such simple solution exists in the F150, so I was just wondering if other f150 owners have sought similar solutions.
