[AT] Trailer safety chains?

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon Oct 26 07:59:25 PDT 2009


Farmer, I've seen a couple of hitches that have a pair of holes with a slot 
cut in them.  The chain drops through the hole and you select the link you 
want and slide it into the slot.  Seems to work well.

Charlie
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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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>I got in the habit of using these T hooks back when I had a wrecker
> (hook on the right side of the page)
> http://www.bimmerworld.com/html/trailering-tie-down-hook-set-of-4.htm
> I installed a set of them on my trailer safety chains and just hooked
> them into the slots in the truck frame rails. As time passed and we
> kept switching vehicles proper fitting became a problem so son Scott
> started attaching clevis grab hooks to the trucks.
> http://www.tradevv.com/TradevvImage/productimages/Clevis-grab-hooks-A5886a.jpg
> They are attached pointing back at a slight down angle and the links
> of the chain are just dropped in the hook at the needed length. It
> solved our chain length problem.
>
>
>
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