Breakaway cable length

I've written to Alko explaining the issue. I'll post their reply.

 

Do you have to bend the clip jenny? I wonder if that weakens it defeating the object. Certainly the mountain type carabineer has to pass various stress tests and if bent has to be thrown away. 

Seems alko have made about as good a job with all this as they have with their spare wheel carrier 

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Its not the caribina which needs bending, it's the other end where it attaches to the bottom of the handbrake. It's sold with a hook shaped end made from hard steel. If it isn't closed it is likely to fall off the large, heavy duty, key ring style of coupling with the handbrake, which was part of the van when supplied new.

How old is your caravan jenny? My 'new' 2013 Coachman has a caribina type clip at the car end, but the caravan has a proper looking caribina with a screw locking collar 

As I posted the link from Towsure I spotted their comment re looping over the towball ..... I knew it would be picked up on

I've written to Alko explaining the issue. I'll post their reply.

Thanks Jenny.

You are my new chassis guru by the way.

You told me how to get a steady against a fence down . I have been doing this caravanning lark for decades but I had not thought of that one.

 ....You told me how to get a steady against a fence down . I have been doing this caravanning lark for decades but I had not thought of that one.

Drill a hole in the fence ..........  

I just steady my caravan with 3 steadies (and a jockey wheel) due to a fence.

It's not my fence

She had a blooming good idea though. It never occurred to me.

Easier than trying to line up with a hole in a fence. Worse than an Alko lock. 

 A stainless steel shackle from boat chandlers is a good coupling to the handbreak link,,or anywhere else !!

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She had a blooming good idea though. ....

I'd hoped that you were going to share it with the rest of us 

Easier than trying to line up with a hole in a fence. Worse than an Alko lock. 

 I made the school boy error the other day of lining up a wheel and fitting the lock before I realised the caravan wasn't far enough down my drive & hadn't cleared the gate at the front! Doh!

 

Do you have to bend the clip jenny? I wonder if that weakens it defeating the object. Certainly the mountain type carabineer has to pass various stress tests and if bent has to be thrown away. 

Seems alko have made about as good a job with all this as they have with their spare wheel carrier 

Write your comments here...

Its not the caribina which needs bending, it's the other end where it attaches to the bottom of the handbrake. It's sold with a hook shaped end made from hard steel. If it isn't closed it is likely to fall off the large, heavy duty, key ring style of coupling with the handbrake, which was part of the van when supplied new.

How old is your caravan jenny? My 'new' 2013 Coachman has a caribina type clip at the car end, but the caravan has a proper looking caribina with a screw locking collar 

As I posted the link from Towsure I spotted their comment re looping over the towball ..... I knew it would be picked up on

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Its a 2013 Swift challenger SE No locking collar etc from new.