No Safety Chains?

[Phil P]

quote:Originally posted by 1retired06

quote:
Never heard of that happening before. Assume a snap pin vibrated loose?

Hi

No the long threaded rod that runs thru the middle of the unit failed. This is not a part that Lippert will sell you have to purchase the entire leg.

I now have had 4 of them fail but only the 2 first ones fell down on the road.

I have cut them open and the threads strip off the long threaded rod. I have weighed the trailer with the truck unhooked from it and the landing gear on the pad that would normally be the rear axel of the TV and the weight is hundreds of pounds less than the published rating for the landing gear.


Phil P

[PowellsMonty]

+1 DQ, "If you have ever triggered you break away switch when moving at decent speed you will attest that it stops very quickly pulling the truck back with it. You know how I know."

I pulled out of a site & the cable wrapped around something in the bed & the sucker works.
Had a 5000# TT & haul a 5000# boat, both with chains. If a 14,000# 5er comes loose, I know it will stop & don't want chains attaching it to anything I am in/driving.