Re: trailer safety chains

[K S Swigart <katswig@deltanet.com>]

On Wed, 1 Jul 1998 guest@endurance.net wrote:

> From: gerri rini 
> Email: nrini@yahoo.com
> 
> I have always had heavy duty safety chains on my trailer.  The new
> trailer came with wimpy little cables instead of chains. One school of
> thought goes like this, "It is good that a trailer breaks away completly
> away from the vehicle so it does not flip your vehicle".  the other
> thought is that you want that trailer to stay with you...."  What
> experiences have you all had out there ?  It seems you want heavy duty
> chains to avoid your trailer crashing into on coming traffic etc... 

Don't know about elsewhere, but here in California the safety chains are
supposed to be sufficient to keep you and your trailer from parting
company (while it MAY be better for you, if your trailer breaks away, it
isn't better for everybody else on the road).

However, don't be too sure that those "little cables" are all that "wimpy"
as steel cable can be deceptively strong.  Not having seen them I couldn't
say, but looks CAN be deceiving.

kat
Orange County, Calif.