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Video by Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

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This video demonstrates a critical safety aspect of trailer towing: the proper attachment of the trailer's breakaway cable. It highlights the common mistake of attaching the breakaway cable to the same points as the safety chains and introduces the 'Tow Tether' device as a solution. The Tow Tether ensures the breakaway cable is securely and independently connected directly to the tow vehicle's frame, fulfilling Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements for enhanced safety during towing operations. The instructions focus on visually checking existing setups and understanding the correct, compliant method.

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All right, Neil, what are we looking at with this? Now, what we have is the tow tether safety cable. And instead of attaching your breakaway cable on your trailer to your chain location, what the toe tether does, it gives you an independent secure location that's attached to the truck frame. Um, and so a lot of guys will try to attach their safety cable right to where you put your safety chains, your breakaway cable, I mean, right to where you put your safety chains, but that is not the way it's supposed to be done. Correct. It should be done to an independent location. And so this gives you the ability to take this cable, wrap it around the framework, secure it with this bolt system. So it's universal and that is an independent location that's DOT. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It satisfies the DOT requirement and it's called the tow tether. Correct. All right. Thank you, sir.

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