![]() ![]() Two years ago after leaving a motorway and going around a roundabout i hit a large I loop mine round the metal work that the ball bolts to. If the ball itself shears you'll be no better off. The other end is attached to your car but please NOT looped round the tow ball. Most units like this have a bolt point near the hitch to which you can attach a short length od chain or cable. This sounds like a sensible idea.At least as you say the tt will stay with you,I suppose the tricky part will be the atachment to the TT chassis. With this in mind can I get a couple of feet of steel rope attach it to the tt's chassie and attach it to my car chassie? ![]() Just to clear up my tt isnt braked in any way however if the worst should happen I want it to stop with me rather into the side of another car. Just chopped that from the section on topwing behind a motor home at the bottom of the hints n tips secton It is unlikely that merely looping round the towball would be considered a secure attachment!" Additionally, braked trailers need to have a breakaway cable fitted which is capable of operating the handbrake mechanism if the trailer becomes detached from the towing vehicle, it is an offence not to use it and, it must be ‘securely attached’ to the towing vehicle. If built after October 1982, an hydraulically damped over-run coupling is required and, if built after April 1989, the trailer must have an auto-reverse brake mechanism which meets the efficiency laid down in EC directive 71/320. "Braked trailers manufactured after 1968 must have brakes on all wheels. Isnt a break-away only needed if the tt is after a certain date, or braked. As said above this is often a steel cable, similar to a break away cable, but it simply forms a second connection to the towing vehicle. Many tt's do not have brakes so no cable is needed.Ī unbreaked trailer should have a secondary coupling to prevent it causing mayhem should the main coupling fail. If your trailer tent is fitted with brakes then you will find a cable attached to the operating lever. My TT isnt a braked system,however there is a steel "rope" with a loop on the end to kee[ the trailer to the car IF the hitch fails. ![]() You can buy them from most caravan shops & some camping shops cos i am assuming your TT does actually have brakes fitted some of the older lighter models didn't have breaks Heavy fines and points on licence for failing to do this. It should also be connected to something that is not the towbar incase it's the towbar that fails. They link to the brake and if the trailer parts company with the vehicle it pulls the brake on full and stops it from taking its own route along the road or elsewhere at great uncontrolled speed. The answer is YES you do need a breakaway cable. So there isnt nothing special about it - just something to stop the whole thing careering out of control down the road? The one that came with my trailer is a chain. Regardless of whether it is law or not, I would always have one. Not sure, but I think its law to have one now. If I need one is it just steel rope that I can buy from B&Q or is it somthing special. Buying advice, practical tips, maintenance, towing etcĭo I need a breakaway cable on my tt, the only reason I ask is as I have never pulled a trailer / trailer tent before Im wary of the whole thing disapearing into the sunset with out me. Printed From: .uk Trailer Tents and Folding Campersįorum Description: Discussions on Trailer Tents and Folding Campers of all makes. Breakaway cable Discussion Printer Version - .uk Forums Advertisement ![]()
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