Hensley / Propride safety chain option

RinconVTR wrote:

Mortimer Brewster wrote:
Forget the chains being undersized, that Quick Link connecting the cable and chain will fail before the chain. Get the correct length and size chain and you should never have a problem. FYI, I also have a ProPride hitch.

Edit: I agree with Barney in that there is way too much slack with your setup. In a catastrophic failure your tongue/hitch would be dragging on the ground. Think of it this way: Would you rather have the tongue land on the chains or on the ground where it might hit a crack in the road and become a huge disaster?

Funny. You might want to try some experiments or at least take some measurements before you fear monger something like this. How exactly do you think the chains will catch this contraption should it fall off or loose connection. And think about the points of failure. The box is not attached/reattached, so that coming undone is extremely unlikely. And what happens to the strut bars and WDH bars if that box came off the ball. Imagine the mess.

The other points of failure would be the draw bar or the TV hitch itself failing. You try to make the chains hold up the tongue in any of these situations with the Hensley or Propride, you'll both change you tune instantly.

Thanks again for the concern, but really guys, you need to analyze the mechanical situation better before making such a statement. Those chains wont hold up a darn thing, nearly regardless of what fails. It's mechanically impossible.

I guess you can "ostrich it" and keep you head buried in the ground, but IMO it's you that haven't analyzed the mechanical situation correctly nor understand how these chains work when needed. I not going to re-litigate all this safety chain stuff since it's been extensively covered here in past threads none of which you have evidently read.

I would highly recommend anyone NOT TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, since IMO your setup is TOTALLY "FUBARED" (as Barney and Mortimer have discussed just a couple of the valid shortcommings of your Rube Goldberg setup) and what you have is IMO no better than having nothing at all ... your system is again IMO a guaranteed way to ensure you will total your trailer should you have a failure where the safety chains would come into play.

Larry