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Trailer Safety: The Importance of a Functional Safety Chain

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Stanley elaborates on the critical importance of a functional safety chain for dump trailers, especially given the tendency of his trailer's hydraulic lift to activate spontaneously, even when no one is operating it. He illustrates the severe danger of an unexpected bed lift while driving at speed, which could lead to a catastrophic accident like hitting an overhead bridge. He shares a past incident where the trailer's powerful hydraulics snapped the safety chain due to sudden activation. Additionally, he recounts another close call where a jack-knifing trailer nearly crushed Alex, emphasizing the necessity of staying clear of pinch points between the truck and trailer.

Goal: Emphasize the vital role of a functional safety chain for dump trailer safety.

Tools and materials

  • Safety chain — The crucial safety feature being discussed
  • Texas Pride Dump Trailer Texas Pride — The subject of the safety discussion

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let's move to a new barrier [Music] now well what do you think that's dang good looking dirt in my opinion holy cow i love all that mixture of stuff i love the i like the horse manure and the hay and then you go of course you got the black chunks of dirt and you got little bits of binder twine in here you know all of that just stitches that soil together we got really sandy soils up in this neck of the woods so anything that we can have that'll help stitch that soil together is a definite bonus i'll take it i know it doesn't bother me would i do this on a customer's job site no i wouldn't bring this stuff in is it perfectly fine absolutely this is like the kind of stuff that i would i want i want a heavy thick organic material for my own projects because i would you know it's the expectations when you're doing something for a customer it's got to be to you know the premium materials and the standard industry installation techniques and yada yada yada when you do it for yourself you can do things your own way and sometimes your own way is the best way let's go get a truck and a trailer now why are you leaving that's the best way to cross it electric fence by the way if you missed it you step on it no you don't pee on them you can't if you want i have some things you just don't forget in life right started loading up and hauling some stuff so while i'm walking back i guess one of the things i should just talk to you guys about is the texas pride trailer has been acting a little goofy on me lately the other day i walked up walked out walked up the hill and i heard something and i look and there it is going up all by itself nobody's even around in fact uh i'll give you the footage of that so you guys can see it and ever since that first day she's just been going up on her own and this is why there's that safety chain on the front that's one of the things that we should at least briefly talk about is safety with these dump trailers you guys seen how fast things can go bad when alex was standing between the dump truck and the trailer and it jackknifed and pinched and it almost caught him and he jumped back and he actually actually he actually in that video you can see him checking his leg to see if he got caught he didn't even know well the other thing that goes wrong fast is going down the road if you don't have that safety chain on the front hooked up if the controller vibrates or bounces and activates the button which makes the box go up you could be going…

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