Chain hanger-gadget

westend wrote:
In the first post with the plastic chain hanger pictured, the chain hook is connected to the hitch receiver, not a good attachment point. If the user would attach the chains to the truck, he may not need a hanger at all.

I have to confess: One time, I missed the correct pin hole on the hitch receiver to the truck. The result was the utility trailer pulled out the hitch but was still attached to the trailer by the chains. This all happened at a traffic-lighted intersection. We caught the red light so just hopped out and reinserted the hitch and pin, no harm, no foul. If I attached the safety chains as pictured in the first post, the trailer would have disconnected from the truck, not good.

Edit: After looking at that image again, it may be that the receiver is permanently mounted to the truck and the chains, also. Still, attaching to a more forward point on the truck or shortening the chain would eliminate the long chain length requiring a holder.

I have never, ever, seen a setup where the chains were NOT attached to the receiver. The chain attachment points ALWAYS are on the receiver, not on the truck frame. The only thing I attach to the truck's frame is the breakaway brake cable.