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Comment by Rich Thomas on May 16, 2015 at 11:08am

I have seen this exact set up on a couple occasions Lakota and was amazed people even tried it. I too had no idea about the safety chain issue let alone the obvious. Once again you have enlightened the masses. Thank you for your observation and more over your willingness to share critical failures like this one. It makes us all more aware of whats out there and why it's a problem. My hats off to you!  

Comment by Jackie Smith on May 15, 2015 at 4:34pm

OMG!  I didn't think that was even legal.

Comment by Russell E Johnson on May 15, 2015 at 1:52pm

No offense taken.

Comment by Lakota Wolf on May 15, 2015 at 1:48pm

Sorry for saying ,,can't fix stupid.. bad choice of words... Under trailer towing, THE TRAILER being towed MUST be secured to tow vehicle with safety chains. (In this case, the second trailer IS NOT secured to Tow vehicle.)..

Comment by Russell E Johnson on May 15, 2015 at 1:40pm

Or in my case ignorance, I for one did not know the second trailer had to have chains or cables alllllllll the way to the tow vehicle.  Thank you for enlightening us on that little tidbit.

Comment by Lakota Wolf on May 15, 2015 at 12:17pm

F.Y.I.    If you do have to pull a double set up,,, FEDERAL LAW,, states,, the second trailer MUST HAVE safety chains or Safety cables run from trailer TO TOW VEHICLE. This included BOTH trailers having safety chains to tow vehicle. 

If you notice in the picture, the second trailer DOES NOT have the safety chains run up to tow vehicle,,, only to the first trailer... 

No insult to drivers who do this, but sometimes ya just can't fix Stupid.