modification for new trailer regs

f140

what are people doing in order to attach the chains to trailers for these new trailer regulations. I have a few silage trailers that I need to do somethong to in order to bring them up to standard. how are ye attaching the chains to yer trailers?

Muckit

I have yet to sort mine. I don't see too many other lads sorting theirs yet either. I think it'll take a few lads to be pulled and fined for lads to get in a panoc to get it sorted.

I will be doing so shortly. The chain is recommended to be as short as possible. It must be attached each side of the hitch and go under the drawbar. The chain has to be stamped and load rated. It must have a minimum breaking strength to cover the gross weight of trailer & load.

I'm thinking will have to drill flat plate on hitch to run pin of D shackle through it.

Reggie has your new landini hitch provision for fitting safety chain?

larthehar

If you have breaks on the trailer, i.d be inclined to fit a hand brake and run a light wire that pulls the handbrake in the event of a breakaway.. hand brake is handy anyways..

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

I have yet to sort mine. I don't see too many other lads sorting theirs yet either. I think it'll take a few lads to be pulled and fined for lads to get in a panoc to get it sorted.

I will be doing so shortly. The chain is recommended to be as short as possible. It must be attached each side of the hitch and go under the drawbar. The chain has to be stamped and load rated. It must have a minimum breaking strength to cover the gross weight of trailer & load.

I'm thinking will have to drill flat plate on hitch to run pin of D shackle through it.

Reggie has your new landini hitch provision for fitting safety chain?

I'll be using these holes for D shackles

emaherx

Muckit wrote: »

I have yet to sort mine. I don't see too many other lads sorting theirs yet either. I think it'll take a few lads to be pulled and fined for lads to get in a panoc to get it sorted.

I will be doing so shortly. The chain is recommended to be as short as possible. It must be attached each side of the hitch and go under the drawbar. The chain has to be stamped and load rated. It must have a minimum breaking strength to cover the gross weight of trailer & load.

I'm thinking will have to drill flat plate on hitch to run pin of D shackle through it.

Reggie has your new landini hitch provision for fitting safety chain?

The chain, although not recommended can be attached higher on the tractor, some older tractors will have no option but to attach higher than the drawer.

Muckit

emaherx wrote: »

The chain, although not recommended can be attached higher on the tractor, some older tractors will have no option but to attach higher than the drawer.

Yes l seen that in rsa guidelines. The new proposals do sound a better job though. Still you'd wonder about boring or modifying a hitch to fit shackles.

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

I'll be using these holes for D shackles

Great job. Pity they're not on older dromone hitches.

Did ya see the new dromone 'bumper' stickers?

'I've got 99 problems but a hitch ain't one.'

patsy_mccabe

The problem with welded on plates with holes and shackles is they too will have to be rated, if not certified too. I remember at work where we have all lifting gear certified, all the shackles had to be certified. All the old, uncertified shackles were thrown out then. Ended up in the strangest of places.:cool:

Zr105

f140 wrote: »

what are people doing in order to attach the chains to trailers for these new trailer regulations. I have a few silage trailers that I need to do somethong to in order to bring them up to standard. how are ye attaching the chains to yer trailers?

Still have to work out what to do here, but I think the simplest(cheapest) is one chain on each tractor and weld an eye behind the stand on each trailer to pass chain through and a decent d shackle each side then to somewhere on the hitch

Keepgrowing

emaherx wrote: »

The chain, although not recommended can be attached higher on the tractor, some older tractors will have no option but to attach higher than the drawer.

I attach chain into top link pin. Wrong?

emaherx

Keepgrowing wrote: »

I attach chain into top link pin. Wrong?

According to the RSA it's not recommended, because if trailer comes unhitched there is a risk the drawbar could travel upwards through the cab which is bad.

They recommend attaching it as low as possible.

patsy_mccabe

If you were travelling fast it would pull back high at the back of the tractor and cause the front of the tractor to rear up.

Keepgrowing

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

If you were travelling fast it would pull back high at the back of the tractor and cause the front of the tractor to rear up.

It's not s 35x pulling out a tree stump but I see your point. I looked at Reggied pic and checked my own hitched and don't have those lower holes so top link will have to do

emaherx

Keepgrowing wrote: »

It's not s 35x pulling out a tree stump but I see your point. I looked at Reggied pic and checked my own hitched and don't have those lower holes so top link will have to do

I also have to use the top link pin on some of our tractors, which is not ideal. But from my reading of the regulations this is acceptable if it's the lowest point you can use.