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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How about, I do me, you do you, and let's be friends? Instead of berating and criticizing someone for wanting to attach the trailer breakaway lanyard independently of the receiver as is RECOMMENDED by trailer manufacturers nationwide, let's just try to be helpful, or if you can't be helpful, don't say anything at all like your mother told you.
It's a small chance that the receiver will fall off or tear apart, but there is a chance. Chevy is infamous for factory receivers that fell apart unexpectedly during the GMT900 era. Who knows what these overengineered Ford receivers might do once they get some time and miles on them.
I've always attached my breakaway lanyard to the cosmetic bumper of the truck, but mine are Chevys. On both of them there are drainage slots/lightening holes on the bottom that a snap hook can be fed through. I use a 300lb rated snap hook through the loop in the end of the cable.
It's a small chance that the receiver will fall off or tear apart, but there is a chance. Chevy is infamous for factory receivers that fell apart unexpectedly during the GMT900 era. Who knows what these overengineered Ford receivers might do once they get some time and miles on them.
I've always attached my breakaway lanyard to the cosmetic bumper of the truck, but mine are Chevys. On both of them there are drainage slots/lightening holes on the bottom that a snap hook can be fed through. I use a 300lb rated snap hook through the loop in the end of the cable.
