coiled breakaway cable for 5th wheel
Has anyone used the coiled breakaway cable? Our regular cable has gotten stuck under the hitch rail at least 2 times. Its a bugger to get out when you are traveling and it gets damaged. We are going o...
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Tin Pusher wrote:2112 wrote:
It kind of defeats the purpose if the hitch breaks loose.
Yeah, a few seconds thought AFTER posting lead me to the same conclusion :S
But, really...
If the king pin and/or broken hitch exit the bed far enough to pull the break-away, hits the road and the whole thing goes a$$ over tea-kettle, how much help are the brakes going to be?
(Hope none of us ever has to find out :))
Truly, you *should* hook the breakaway cable to a part of the truck. I use the rear corner tie-down for mine. It's right next/below my in-bed 7-pin connector, so I just do them both at once.
But I have the same view as those who connect to the hitch; if the hitch is coming out of the truck, there are forces violent enough that it is going to pull the breakaway cable, no doubt. Connecting to the hitch should be plenty good enough.
