Trailer safety/chain hook woes
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I went with USA made "NOS HAMMERLOK 1/2" MECHANICAL COUPLING LINK WITH STUD ASSEMBLY - YELLOW". I don't trust the metal in the off-shored hammerloks or can't confirm COO.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153492272187
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153492272187
#48
Crosby lok-a-loy
No more fiddle farting around with the dang hooks. I now own the trailers I need, but for a while their I was renting and the stupid design of the hook eye was frustrating the heck out of me. Some hooks would go straight on, and some most definitely would not. I don’t have to worry about it now. Anything I would need to tow will fit served by my plethora of hammerlocks.
1/2” is the size you’ll most likely use most.
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I also went with the "Hammerlock" solution - 1/2" Grade 80 Alloy Coupler 12K WLL from AutoHauler Supply. Used a portable vise to press them on - took all of 5 minutes. They even include this sentence in their description of the product - "This is a popular product for people trying to find a way to get their safety chain hooks to fit the new F-250 hitch"
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#53
Classic idiot Ford. 6 years of the same ineffective safety chain attachment design requiring paying customers to find a band aid. Sounds like a good lawsuit if an accident occurs and customer had to jerry rig the Ford design to connect standard safety chains. Never buy another Ford, they just don't get it.
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#55
I shake my head when I see all the junk people buy to hang on their hitched instead of using a real hook on the trailer end like a couple posts above. Hell of a lot cheaper too and takes maybe 5 min to swap them out. There is nothing wrong with the hitch on these trucks at all.
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#57
Well, think what you will, but all the trailers I pull don't belong to me, not my prerogative to change the hooks on the safety chains. So before I put a couple of shackles on my hitch, many times the chain hooks would not latch onto the receiver holes correctly, now there is no issue.
Sad stubborn way to think !
You pull a trailer, anyones trailer and ultimately you are the one responsible for doing "it" safely, nobody else !
#58
I fixed my chain connection issue with the shackles, which are quite a bit stronger than the chains on the trailers, as safe as it can be.
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