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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 07/9/2018

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I am having difficulty remembering now but I am sure I was advised when I had a caravan to fit the breakaway cable to a specific hole on the towball bracket and not to loop it over the ball...the theory being that if it is hooked to a hole it cannot be pulled off whereas the cable can be stretched under stress and pop off the top of a ball if just looped around it.

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 07/9/2018

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In the absence of a proper fixing point it is acceptable to wrap it around the towball,if a proper fixing point is provided on the towbar it should be used.
saxo1

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 07/9/2018

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Not an oversimplification just a statement of fact.
There are a great many people who say it is illegal to loop over the towball,this is not the case for the UK but it is illegal in the Netherlands.
saxo1

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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 07/9/2018

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well the copper was right, although he should have paid more attn to the clip not being suitable and should hacve looped the cable so that went thr the hole or wrapped the cable around the actual towbar its self, putting on the towball is not the right thing to do at all.


The copper was wrong on both counts.
The cable should never be wrapped around the towbar structure,if no suitable fitting is available it should be looped over the towball.
QUOTE C&CC:
"The spring clip type as shown on the left of the image is fitted to most caravans and must be attached to itself in a loop and never directly to the tow bar structure"
saxo1

Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 07/9/2018

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I'm not sure what you are talking about!
The Caravan club instructions clearly show that if there is no point provided it is OK to wrap the cable around the towball and clip the dog clip back on the cable which is what I said.
Nowhere did I say it was OK to clip the dog clip onto anything other than the breakaway cable itself!
Did you misunderstand my post?
saxo1

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