Cargo trailer safety chains

Check the safety chains and hooks for damage or wear. Replace worn or damaged safety chains and hooks before towing.

Crisscross the chains underneath the coupler so if the trailer uncouples, the safety chains can hold the tongue up above the road.

Loop around a frame member of the tow vehicle or to holes provided in the hitch system.

Do not attach them to an interchangeable part of the hitch assembly.

Attach the “S” hooks by hooking them from underneath the holes, not from the top. Make sure to provide enough slack to permit tight turns, but not so long that the chains drag on the road.