Do you cross your safety chains?
This has probably been discussed elsewhere but I couldn't find it through a search. When I bought my TT, the dealer's tech doing the walk through and hitch hook up told me you no longer have to cr...
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kennyd63 wrote:
I have the same problem like Ozlander. I can NOT cross my chains on my T.T. Now does that means that I am going to get a ticket because they are not crossed?
LOL...no you won't get a ticket. At least according to my state DOT folks. I was hauling crushed cars and am DOT compliant. However the price for s**** metal fell so no money in it now.
I have a 20' 12k car hauler with the chain attach bar welded long ways with the trailer tongue underneath....not across the tongue like some of the pictures I see.
Both make a cradle.
Years back trailers came with one long chain that went through some type of loop under the trailers tongue. If the trailer became disconnected this would allow the trailer to whip back and forth almost the length of the chain.
New state regs came out. My states DOT folks said we could weld the chain to the bottom of the trailer tongue to make the cradle or cross the chains.
Trailer manufacturers (not just RV trailers) started using two chains attached to a single point under the tongue which makes the cradle. So if your trailer is as described you won't get a ticket.
