richg99
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********************************************************************************************bcbouy said:i always thought safety chains were there to stop your trailer from being disengaged from the tow vehicle and becoming an uncontrolled missile and killing other motorists.
The only way I see it coming apart is that the coupler is not adjusted properly or an external excessive force acts upon the trailer... but it does happenDaleH said:Don't youse guys lock your trailer couplers down? I do ... and I see no way that a ball could ever pop out ... as the 'cup' or locking part that rotates up underneath the ball won't allow it to pass by.
DaleH said:Don't youse guys lock your trailer couplers down? I do ... and I see no way that a ball could ever pop out ... as the 'cup' or locking part that rotates up underneath the ball won't allow it to pass by.
If the part that actually couples, the part that cams over breaks, locking or not it will pop off. I do quite a bit of welding and I have had several come in my shop wanting that particular piece welded. I always refuse to weld them. I tell them it would be better and not that much more expensive to replace the whole coupler.DaleH said:Don't youse guys lock your trailer couplers down? I do ... and I see no way that a ball could ever pop out ... as the 'cup' or locking part that rotates up underneath the ball won't allow it to pass by.
*****************************************************************************************Stumpalump said:Out West they look for chains dragging on the ground. They start forest fires and you will get a ticket for it.
GTS225 said:*****************************************************************************************Stumpalump said:Out West they look for chains dragging on the ground. They start forest fires and you will get a ticket for it.
I think I'm going to remain skeptical about this.
A) How is anybody going to prove this happens?
B) It seems to me that a spark from a dragging chain is much too short-lived to make it to anything combustible, let alone actually heat it up enough to ignite.
But then, there's many government types that don't want me to confuse them with common sense or facts.
Roger
GTS225 said:*****************************************************************************************Stumpalump said:Out West they look for chains dragging on the ground. They start forest fires and you will get a ticket for it.
I think I'm going to remain skeptical about this.
A) How is anybody going to prove this happens?
B) It seems to me that a spark from a dragging chain is much too short-lived to make it to anything combustible, let alone actually heat it up enough to ignite.
But then, there's many government types that don't want me to confuse them with common sense or facts.
Roger
LDUBS said:I did already know about crossing the chains below the hitch. But after watching the video I realized my safety chains have too much slop. I need to shorten them some.
DaleH said:Don't youse guys lock your trailer couplers down? I do ... and I see no way that a ball could ever pop out ... as the 'cup' or locking part that rotates up underneath the ball won't allow it to pass by.
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