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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m_2_ak wrote:
I never knew this was a law. I'll cross from now on.
SPECIFICATION NO.
TxDOT 550-88-71
REVISED: MARCH 2008
9 - 12
9.2.4.
Each chain shall be of sufficient length for crossing beneath the tongue to form a cradle that shall prevent the tongue from coming into contact with the road surface if the trailer hitch becomes disconnected.
The law has been updated since then. The language now sits in the Texas Administrative Code Title 37, Part 1, Chapter 21, Rule 21.5. It no longer mentions crossing chains.
