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RAMwoodworks
Apr 27, 2017Explorer
wanderingbob wrote:
Most times that a trailer comes loose the safety chains will keep it contained , then it will ram into your truck doing damage to truck and trailer . If the break-a-way works , your breaks will lock up and bring you safely to a smokin stop , { ask me how I know this , twice in 40 years of towing }.
It is kinda important that the break-a-way activates before the chain draws tight , adjust it so !
I have been pulling , delivering and running " hot shot " trailers for over 40 years and have never had one get away from the chains .
Last week I pulled from Daytona to Destin and , oops , I had never flipped the trailer hitch lock down to latch . No problem , it just sat there like good boy !
Where should I connect the breakaway so I can adjust it correctly? I have been just looping it around the hitch pin clip.
Also, should the chains be short enough to keep the tongue off the ground? Mine almost drag when connected even with the Equal-i-zer head.
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