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dpgllg · ‎Jul-15-2020

I just had a B & W Patriot hitch installed yesterday. It is replacing a R & W little rocker hitch.

I used a Carabiner to connect my break away cable to multiple holes in the little rocker. The Patriot has no holes anywhere in it.

For those of you that have the B & W Patriot where do you connect the break away cable?

Dave

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JIMNLIN · ‎Jul-15-2020

LOL...bed can come of about like the hitch can come off or the bumper can come off.
A thread like this was on another brand rv forum. Everyone decided to hook it where it was the easiest for them. Works fine

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Cummins12V98 · ‎Jul-15-2020

dpgllg wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Never hook to the hitch.

OP Here

Why shouldn't you hook to the hitch?

Dave

Hitch can come loose, hook to bed as many have a "D" hook by the tailgate.

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Lwiddis · ‎Jul-15-2020

OK, attach the breakaway cable to something that won’t breakaway...isn’t helping pull the load, isn’t near something helping to pull the load.

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Sjm9911 · ‎Jul-15-2020

In the bed of the truck? Why not the bumper, or the bumber could pull off also?

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Allworth · ‎Jul-15-2020

It is almost impossible for a hitch to carry away, but IF IT SHOULD, hook the breakaway to something in the bed of the truck.

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dpgllg · ‎Jul-15-2020

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Never hook to the hitch.

OP Here

Why shouldn't you hook to the hitch?

Dave

2013 2500HD Chevy LTZ 6.6 Diesel Ext Cab Long Bed
2017 Grand Design Reflection 27RL 5th Wheel
Dear Wife, plus two Cocker Spaniels and a Standard Poodle

Cummins12V98 · ‎Jul-15-2020

Never hook to the hitch.

2015 RAM LongHorn 3500 Dually CrewCab 4X4 CUMMINS/AISIN RearAir 385HP/865TQ 4:10's
37,800# GCVWR "Towing Beast"

"HeavyWeight" B&W RVK3600

2016 MobileSuites 39TKSB3 highly "Elited" In the stable

2007.5 Mobile Suites 36 SB3 29,000# Combined SOLD

Bird_Freak · ‎Jul-15-2020

I hook mine on a tie down just inside rear bed corner. I never hook to hitch.

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TxGearhead · ‎Jul-15-2020

Theoritically it's best to have the break away connected to the truck not the hitch. I got another cable and looped it through a stake hole and connected to the other cable with a carabiner. Easy to reach and connect too.

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