[AT] Old topic-- crossed trailer chains...

[Cecil Bearden]

Ed that sounds like the way we had to hook the chains on a pup trailer 
behind a semi..   I have had to pull doubles and triples and that is how 
how you have to hook the safety chains on the dollies.
Cecil in OKla

Edchainsaw at aol.com wrote:
> I   just  finished renewing  my  CDL's    Tuesday  and   while  doing that  
> I actually had to  open the book.
> What I found  in the  book  was  that the  chains  on  a  trailer  are NOT 
> to be crossed  but  are to be  short enough to prevent the  hitch from going 
> all the way to the  ground....   SO   IF    some   law  enforcement officer 
>  stops you   for that     IT  must be a state ordinance   it is NOT  the 
> law  everywhere-- and it is wrong to cross the chains   according to  my  test 
> booklet... 
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