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10-08-2018, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2016
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2017 Work and Play Safety Chain
I was checking my toy hauler for a weekend trip coming up and happened to look at my safety chains. The photos show what I found--the attachment to the trailer frame is broken, one side completely, the other over half way. The chains have never had any tension on them, this is from the factory, I've only been on four trips so far. Check your chains to make sure you are as safe as possible.
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10-08-2018, 12:43 PM
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Zombie
Join Date: Apr 2017
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Have you tried to contact LCI? I think they are the ones that built that frame. Worst thing they can say is no.
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10-08-2018, 01:08 PM
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
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As far as you know the chains have never tension on them. I've seen dealers move them by hooking the chains to a forklift and raising the tongue up without using a ball adapter for the coupler.
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10-08-2018, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Made me go look !! Chains on mine are secured in a different way and are still tight without any issues. Thanks for posting pictures so we can compare.
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10-08-2018, 06:59 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Safety chains
Scrapper is correct. There is no way that could have broke without blunt force trauma. Somewhere, somehow it was hit hard enough to crack the steel. Cold rolled welded steel will never crack like that without getting whacked -
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10-09-2018, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 158
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Safety chains
Looks to me like they rusted out you can't let hitch get rusted like that have you ever heard of paint I never let my hitch rust always keep it painted
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10-10-2018, 02:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Dunn, NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by johnlochbuie
Looks to me like they rusted out you can't let hitch get rusted like that have you ever heard of paint I never let my hitch rust always keep it painted
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That’s just mean 😞
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10-10-2018, 02:44 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Albany, GA.
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That looks like the piece welded to the frame suffered an tremendous downward force somehow. IMO: The little bit of rust on there appears to have been started by the damage.
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10-10-2018, 06:32 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Southwest Alabama
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Quote:
Originally Posted by johnlochbuie
Looks to me like they rusted out you can't let hitch get rusted like that have you ever heard of paint I never let my hitch rust always keep it painted
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That's pretty harsh, and you obviously know nothing about metallurgy. That's strictly a impact stress fracture and has nothing to do with the rust. The rusting is a secondary effect after the fracture happened.
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10-10-2018, 08:33 PM
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Who Dares, Wins
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 7,063
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What type of hitch do you have? My equalizer would pinch my chains and bend the mount when I turned to a specific angle. It would literally look like a set of bolt cutters were used on the chain.
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10-10-2018, 09:07 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Southwest Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doc73
What type of hitch do you have? My equalizer would pinch my chains and bend the mount when I turned to a specific angle. It would literally look like a set of bolt cutters were used on the chain.
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Doc73,
Mine does the same thing, have to be careful backing up. So far has only happened at the house due to the angle to get it in the driveway. Trailer is only a few months old but once warranty is up I will be looking to move the safety chain connection back away from the area where the equalizer can pinch them.
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10-10-2018, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Virginia
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Just my 2 cents by looking at the first picture it looks like to me that someone backed into the chains attachment point and the hitch hit or ball it.
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10-10-2018, 09:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by johnlochbuie
Looks to me like they rusted out you can't let hitch get rusted like that have you ever heard of paint I never let my hitch rust always keep it painted
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No way that could have happened that way.
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10-10-2018, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: NE Florida
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I think maybe my 4 year old granddaughter ran that weld bead.
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10-10-2018, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Why not just get it welded up and move on.
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10-10-2018, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: KS
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Well I had issues with my blueox catching the chains at the bottom of the hitch. It stressed that same connection and looked similar for a while. When I replaced my hitch with a propride I put the chains on wrong(outside not inside the head) and it sheared them both off. I ended up finding a welder on the road via Google in Casper WY to reattach them. There was no where to reattach them to and I could not tow without them. 2 hour detour but worth it in the end.
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10-12-2018, 10:56 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 59
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The trailer is just over 1 year old and last July we were out for a month, I'm assuming the attachment broke sometime on that trip. It's possible the dealer we purchased from bent the attachment down to clear the hitch, which is an Equalizer 4 point sway hitch. But this post wasn't so much about getting it repaired as making sure you check yours to make sure they're attached solid. I did have new attachments welded on in a new location and LCI is helping me with the repair costs. It's all cleaned, painted and ready for the next trip. I appreciate all your posts.
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10-22-2018, 01:41 AM
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My First Toy Hauler
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 62
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hogdooz
I was checking my toy hauler for a weekend trip coming up and happened to look at my safety chains. The photos show what I found--the attachment to the trailer frame is broken, one side completely, the other over half way. The chains have never had any tension on them, this is from the factory, I've only been on four trips so far. Check your chains to make sure you are as safe as possible.
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Thanks for posting this and the pictures. I will definitely be checking mine. I am thinking maybe a few taps with the ball backing under the hitch a little too far.
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