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Surely the safety brake cable is there to protect trailer and other road users in the event of a trailer being detached from towing vehicle? What ever the towing vehicle.
6th Jul 2012 12:47 pm
B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
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The saftey brake cable is there to do as you say, but if you are towing at 60mph and the towbar comes off the chances are that the caravan will flip over, and the safety brake dont work when the van is on its side
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Those people have more risk of getting hit by lightening than being hit by your out of control towball afflicted caravan. Get a grip man
Ahh you must be a gambler DG and prepared to take a risk. In my past professional life as a Mechanical Engineer those odds are unacceptable, well in Nuclear Submarines anyway
6th Jul 2012 12:55 pm
npinks
Member Since: 30 Jan 2008
Location: Leeds
Posts: 1943
i'll copy this to Freel2 as the one with removable towbars have had a lot of issues with them clunking
might be a different type though
6th Jul 2012 1:25 pm
crews control
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B16 KJR wrote:
Ahh you must be a gambler DG and prepared to take a risk. In my past professional life as a Mechanical Engineer those odds are unacceptable, well in Nuclear Submarines anyway
The odds might be unacceptable but the potential risks between a nuclear submarine and an out of control caravan are slightly different !!!
6th Jul 2012 2:06 pm
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I'm comforted in the knowledge that come the next world war, we can always deploy the deadly caravans on an invading army
6th Jul 2012 2:26 pm
B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Posts: 3005
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The odds might be unacceptable but the potential risks between a nuclear submarine and an out of control caravan are slightly different !!!
How do you know what iv'e got in my caravan ? Put it this way, when I go to a site I don't need an electric hook-up or any gas !!!
6th Jul 2012 2:38 pm
Russell
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6th Jul 2012 2:45 pm
nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
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Just out of interest (and perhaps a little off topic), where do people put the caravans' break away cable when hitched? I have no real alternative but to loop it around the towbar, as it's not long enough to attach anywhere else as the cable must be looped back on itself rather than clipped (Al-Ko). I have looked at a longer one, but the clip was too big to pass through the holes at the side of the towbar mount.
6th Jul 2012 3:05 pm
Russell
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Location: Kent
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I use the recovery loop inbetween the electric sockets. It should not go round the ball as it may jump off if caravan comes off, must be secured to somthing on the car/tow bar MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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D4 camera club
I use the recovery loop inbetween the electric sockets. It should not go round the ball as it may jump off if caravan comes off, must be secured to somthing on the car/tow bar
Ditto; it's the only action my 'ring ever sees...
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Russell wrote:
I use the recovery loop inbetween the electric sockets. It should not go round the ball as it may jump off if caravan comes off, must be secured to somthing on the car/tow bar
I tried that but it's pulled very tight when attached and the brake is off. It can be looped around the towball if there isn't anywhere else convenient (according to Al-Ko, Caravan Club, C&CC etc.) although I do appreciate the minute potential that the cable might come off too however unlikely. It's worse clipping it to something rather than looping it as the clips are likely to pull off the cable should the caravan become detached, and not operate the brakes.
I'm more concerned that should the towball drop out, of course everything attached will go with it and not operate the brakes.
6th Jul 2012 3:21 pm
bambi
Member Since: 10 Apr 2009
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Gareth wrote:
I'm comforted in the knowledge that come the next world war, we can always deploy the deadly caravans on an invading army
I just wasted a perfectly good mouthful of dinner, and startled two kids with that comment.
6th Jul 2012 5:17 pm
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
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nigel207 wrote:
I tried that but it's pulled very tight when attached and the brake is off
With a shackle on the loop and the breakaway cable attached to the shackle there's more than enough length in mine, it's fine
6th Jul 2012 5:52 pm
nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Good idea Nick, thanks.
6th Jul 2012 6:03 pm
character
Member Since: 31 Dec 2007
Location: wiltshire
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J@mes wrote:
Was yours an ex HA vehicle? If so, has the tow hitch been used to remove stranded Lorries, buses etc?
Due to H&S rules, HATO are very well practiced in the art of towing and cant even change a wheel for a stranded maiden, they just have to look on whilst she attempts it herself.
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