In a message dated 8/22/2004 7:02:05 PM Mountain Daylight Time, dotwgns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
Still
curious. Do most folks use them? Do most
states require them? I know of at least one case where the hitch came off
the ball, but they were able to stop before the trailer went rocketing
off the road. Chains kept it sort of under
control. Still not fun.
I always hook my chains on to the hitch. I also hook the hooks so that
the open side of the "C" side of the hook is toward the outside of the truck,
if that makes sense. The owner of a trailer manufacturing company told me that
it is the safest, strongest way to hook up the chains. These chains came on my
3-horse slant and are very large. Hopefully the size means they are strong
too. Beccy in Ut.
(All I have to do now is get hubby to hook up my battery on the inside of the
tack compartment so that "If" the trailer were to come loose, the trailer
brakes would engage)
