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Originally Posted by fred bartlet
Sean, I got out the Hensley Install instructions and they say adjust for the added 12 inches of hitch length. But what are you adjusting to? I added a new chain because the OEM was too short to connect but I didn't add to the brake safety cable because it would still reach. What to do you tell your customers?
After reading the forum on the brake safety, I think for brake away safety, the chains are your first line of defense, meaning the pig tail has to be long enough to allow braking even if the trailer has dropped on the chains. But the brake safety cable has to be long enough to prevent brake activation unless you have complete break away and then the brakes need to come on.
This not rocket science, but I can't find what I'm looking for to make the (ADJUSTMENT). Do we just connect and hope for the best???  |
I tell my customers to let the chain drop 1-2 inches below the hitch head when the tow vehicle is straight in line with the trailer. This is the longest the chains ever need to be.
The electrical emergency cable should engage at about the same time as the chains should the trailer become disconnected.
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