Re: RC: gooseneck chains?

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Safety chains are REQUIRED on ALL trailers.....the guy who installed your
hitch should have welded rings on the hitch plate. The bars on your trailer
are where you put them when you are NOT hooked up to your truck. 
DO NOT neglect this!!!!  There are BIG fines for this if you get the
wrong cop.

Teddy

Randi Lavikoff wrote:

>  Recently
> I purchased a '90 FORD 250 4x4, went to a reputed welder and had a gosseneck
> hitch installed (great job and works great).  At a recent ride, a
> friend noticed no chains attached, and said Hum, must be an older trailer.
> My question is, when I get to the Ag station to go to Georgia, will they
> AG guys say no go? I know there are pros and cons, but I need to know if
> I'd be wasting my time, and sent back home without the chains? If I have
> to get them, suggestions where to buy the "rings?", and where they get
> installed. I notice under the neck of the gooseneck that there's a hanging
> bar about 5" long. Is that where they'd hook to? Seems like a dangerous
> thing to hook chains on a monster gooseneck, but I lack experience and
> need constructive help. Thanks. Randi in Brooksville, Fl.

--
Teddy Lancaster
AERC# 139422 - Member since 1974
6000+ career miles

Running Bear Farm, Inc.
Your Trail Riding Equipment Headquarters - Celebrating our 20th Anniversary!!!!
Teddy Lancaster, President
1348 Township Road 256
Kitts Hill, Ohio, 45645 USA  -  http://runningbear.com/
USA East co-chair. Webmaster for USA East website: http://runningbear.com/ETZ
1-800-533-2327, FAX: 740-533-0337
Home of Khalarado+/ 1990 IAHA National Endurance Champion - (1982 Chestnut CMK Stallion)
Supplying the WORLD with quality endurance equipment since 1980