over tightened tension bars
I let my daughter and son in law borrow my new trailer/truck combo. Fully checked out on hitching, or so I thought. When it came back the wdh tension bars were latched at a severe angle (not level w...
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ralph day wrote:We have no way of knowing if the "severe angle" really was severe.
---When it came back the wdh tension bars were latched at a severe angle (not level with the frame of the trailer as usual).---
The bars being "not level with the frame" will not necessarily cause any overloading.
The real concern is how many chain links were under tension.
With too few links under tension, the fore/aft movement of the bar end during a turn is restricted and could overload the chain lift device.
I would say that, if the TV was not noticeably low in front and not noticeably high in rear, there probably was no overloading involved.
Ron
