3 Common RV Mistakes: Correcting The Misinformation On Travel Trailer Hitching

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Been towing bumper pulls for 25 years, watched this video to see how many things you did wrong, and it is SPOT ON! I’m glad someone finally addressed twisting chains. He is right about cutting off links to get the right length. Very well done, Ross!

Another fantastic process video Ross! For the breakaway safety cable - I swapped out one of my license place bolts for an eye bolt and nyloc nut behind the fender - makes it super convenient to clip on and is independent of the hitch receiver

I always place my vehicle in neutral first, then apply the emergency brake, then place it in park. Fully agree 100% with the tips on your video. Great information.

Chains first, brilliant. Sometimes common sense isn’t common.

Out-freaking-standing! I saw a camping world video where they hooked the brake cable to the chain hook!😮😮😮

excellent video, only thing i do different is i use the loop on the pin to hold my cable for the brake lights and the cable for the emergency brake so it does not fall on the ground

All good information. Thanks for sharing and confirming that my hookup process is perfect.

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Thanks for the great video. I happen to be one of those individuals who twists one of my chains because it is longer than the other. It was good to see why I should shorten that chain. I also like the tip about clipping the breakaway cable to the vehicle frame rather than the hitch receiver. I'll have to see if my van has a good attachment point. One point I disagree with is the length of the breakaway cable. That's an issue I questioned before and did some research on. The RVIA (Recreational Vehicle Industry Association) recommends that the trailer break away cable be slightly longer than the safety chains rather than shorter. The reasoning is that if the trailer becomes uncoupled and held by the chains, the driver will still have full control over the brakes rather than them being fully applied and potentially making an unsafe situation worse. Keep making the great content.

Such good tips! I usually hook up the chains last...no more! Thanks, Ross.

Excellent video!

Very informative and useful to those who have RV. Great tips and sharing sir

What'up-good masterpiece,Rv~ :)

What if your chains are too short to cross without rubbing on the bottom of the trailer hitch? We just got the hitch at the dealer and everything you say don’t do, they did🤦🏻‍♀️. Would you have them shorten the emergency break line or just do it yourself? Every time I questioned something I was told I was wrong. The break line is twisted in the chain, they did not cross the chains as “they would rub the bottom of the hitch” and finally he hooked the break line to the hook of the chain. I just walked away. Now do you back up with the sway bars in tact or off? This was a “hitch expert” Thank you We also have the exact same hitch as you.

If the chains are mounted at the same point, then crossing them will likely have zero benefit; there is nothing stopping the chain deciding on it's own where it will cross, most likely right at it's mount point.

First off never trust a Dodge to pull anything. Just kidding, this is a good video. As someone who is in the class 8 trucking business, hot shot and pulls a travel trailer, I’ll throw my 2 cents in. If you don’t cross safety chains, that’s a DOT violation, twisted safety chains is also DOT violation. The emergency brake cable can be hooked to the same place as the safety chain, but not to the safety chain. I agree that somewhere other than the hitch is probably best, but if your entire hitch/receiver comes off the truck you have huge problems anyway. Now, I’ve never been stopped by DOT while pulling my camper, so I’m sure a lot of violations, people are going to say “I’ve been pulling my camper for 20 years this way and never had a problem” go missed. However we have been stopped plenty of times in tractor trailer/hot shot and gone over with a fine tooth comb, so I’m pretty familiar with DOT standards. Just poured a good drink, can’t wait to read the comments on this post…. Enjoy 😊

Got to the RV storage today and there was a couple with the tongue jack of their travel trailer on the ground, I asked if they needed any help, he said no, he was waiting for someone to come with a jack. He said rookie mistake, he forgot to put the locking pin in. Fortunately it was only a few feet out of his storage spot and had no damage. Too bad he didn’t see this video

Ross, your honest thoughts on connecting the brake cable to the hitch? I would think most RVers are not worried about the hitch becoming detached from the truck, but there is nowhere on my truck to connect without the brake cable being too high under the bumper. My fear is it will get caught on the bumper and cut.

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