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Something I would adamantly caution not to do is twist the chains to shorten them. I am constantly seeing utility trailers being hauled around with the slack being taken up by twisting which with a chain is the quickest way to induce catastrophic failure. Please figure out some other way to shorten the slack, it might save the other guy and he may be me.
Several years back a boat trailer came loose crossed a local 4 lane hwy and literally speared an oncoming driver. Granted the chains did not fail in this situation but it showed what a loose trailer can do to the innocent other driver. We knew the towing driver and her family well. She was simply ferrying the boat from one family member to another, backed the truck up, the loaner or borrower set the hitch on the ball, forgot or got distracted and did not lock it down nor chain it up, she trusting the guy to do it right just drove off when he said good to go. As she was tooling down the road she crossed one of the inevitable buckled up expansion joints and off the trailer went at 55-60 mph, the other drive never had a chance.
When talking about trailer towing safety this one event always comes to mind. I don't think the girl ever got over it.
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Last edited by Rick M : 06-21-2008 at 08:13 AM.
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