Trailer Safety Chain - Not only to protect trailer

[adrianp89]

Trailer safety chain stops couple's pickup from plunging into Idaho gorge

When trucker Rod Drury pulled up to the wrecked camper on the Malad Gorge Bridge on I-84 near the Snake River in southern Idaho on Monday afternoon, he was sure it was the scene of a fatality. Inside was the 67-year-old driver and his 64-year-old wife, from Garden City, Idaho, along with their...

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[dgfreeze]

That is just crazy. They're beyond lucky to be alive. That truck is likely an 8,000 lb+ truck, and for safety chains to survive the wreck, and still maintain the integrity to suspend the whole truck like that... amazing...

 

[BlkGS]

That is absolutely insane honestly.

 

[jdkaeser]

I saw that on the news and was like, I’d be sending a pizza party to the manufacturer of that trailer!!!

 

[ChrisM]

The now homeless couple explaining what happened.

 

[Bizywk]

Trailer safety chain stops couple's pickup from plunging into Idaho gorge

When trucker Rod Drury pulled up to the wrecked camper on the Malad Gorge Bridge on I-84 near the Snake River in southern Idaho on Monday afternoon, he was sure it was the scene of a fatality. Inside was the 67-year-old driver and his 64-year-old wife, from Garden City, Idaho, along with their...

www.yahoo.com

WOW ?

 

[Drag]

Damn, I’m upgrading my safety chain to 3/4 hardened.

 

[Plpbecks]

@ChrisM Ha!! I had a good laugh at the fact that the news headline was that the couple is “now homeless”. Yeah, that’s the main takeaway... How about “Not dead couple...”