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gard
Reg. Aug 2007
Posted 2015-09-15 9:39 AM (#164706)
Subject: NO SAFETY CHAINS


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loveduffy
Reg. Feb 2006
Posted 2015-09-17 10:44 PM (#164732 - in reply to #164706)
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Reg. Jan 2007
Posted 2015-09-18 12:49 AM (#164733 - in reply to #164732)
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Originally written by loveduffy on 2015-09-17 10:44 PM

now the D.O.T is going to pull everybody over just to make sure you have chains


And just how many are they going to find that do not have chains or have chains but they are NOT hooked up...:(
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hornet
Reg. Mar 2010
Posted 2015-09-18 6:52 AM (#164734 - in reply to #164733)
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Location: Missouri		I noticed the article said the hitch had been modified. Wonder how that plays into the failure.
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Mira
Reg. Feb 2009
Posted 2015-09-20 10:19 AM (#164767 - in reply to #164706)
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I use safety chains and always hook them up but know people who don't hook them up what are the laws concerning safety chains when towing? I'm in Kentucky. Everyone seems to have a different theory.Thanks.
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Reg. Oct 2003
Posted 2015-09-20 12:07 PM (#164768 - in reply to #164706)
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Location: South Central OK		http://towingworld.com/towinglaws.cfmSome states don't require them on goosenecks(Kansas.) I have seen trucks flipped over by the chains when a trailer hitch failed but on the other hand I've had safety chains save my trailer when the BP hitch pin fell out and detached from my truck. Thankfully, I wasn't fully loaded at the time and it happened at a truck stop and the drivers ran to my rescue.
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huntseat
Reg. Oct 2003
Posted 2015-09-20 12:08 PM (#164769 - in reply to #164706)
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PaulChristenson
Reg. Jan 2007
Posted 2015-09-20 8:57 PM (#164771 - in reply to #164767)
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Originally written by Mira on 2015-09-20 1:19 PM

I use safety chains and always hook them up but know people who don't hook them up what are the laws concerning safety chains when towing? I'm in Kentucky. Everyone seems to have a different theory.Thanks.
If the state requires them and you do not use them and your trailer breaks loose and results in a traffic fatality...the lawyers of the injured party will explain in excruciating and potentially extremely expensive (to you) detail...
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PaulChristenson
Reg. Jan 2007
Posted 2015-09-20 8:58 PM (#164772 - in reply to #164768)
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Originally written by huntseat on 2015-09-20 3:07 PM

http://towingworld.com/towinglaws.cfmSome states don't require them on goosenecks(Kansas.) I have seen trucks flipped over by the chains when a trailer hitch failed but on the other hand I've had safety chains save my trailer when the BP hitch pin fell out and detached from my truck. Thankfully, I wasn't fully loaded at the time and it happened at a truck stop and the drivers ran to my rescue.
But Kansas does require a breakaway device which should apply the trailer brakes
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