Hi, I have a detachable hitch with a swan neck type ball. (not a flange type.) see above photo

There is no hook/bracket to fit a break-away cable.

How do others get on with this conundrum ?

I have already solved the problem, I want to see how others have overcome this issue.

There's a hole in the main receiver fixed to the car where you should be able to fix it to.
On mine I've fitted an eye bolt through this hole to clip the cable to.

Loop it around the swan neck and clip it like a lasso😊 64 plate TD4 SE Santorini Black
2021 Mazda MX5 GT Sport Tech

I can’t speak for the Brink tow bar but the Witter detachable one has a hole for the breakaway cable in the tow bar bracket that bolts to the car. I understand that the practice of looping the cable round the ball hitch itself is illegal in some European countries - the Netherlands springs to mind - so something to be wary of if touring sur le continent

Yes I thought the lasso was an unsafe method.

I have found the hole mentioned, a little fiddly.

So I did this --------



------ based on the Oris tow bar LR supplied with the Discovery Td5.




I intend to fit a bowden from the hole on towbar to my welded clip, then the break-away cable will also be secured to the clip.
To me that was the best 'engineering' [and accessibility ] solution.

Will that carabiner have the necessary SWL rating you need for a breakaway cable? A 2 tonne caravan exerts a lot more kN than a 120kg torso. MY11 SD4 SE Auto

Yes, I checked the specification before buying and welding it on .

ozjeff62 wrote:

Will that carabiner have the necessary SWL rating you need for a breakaway cable? A 2 tonne caravan exerts a lot more kN than a 120kg torso.

Hi,
agree with Andy ^

you have now "Modified" the towbar,
also the heat applied to the carabiner that has been altered as well,
although as said it only has to pull the handbrake on before anything fails to safe.

its a mine field out there

not saying your solution is wrong it is what you are happy with that counts but you do have to consider the affects

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my first ever FL2 and I did keep it longer than most other cars!
But its now gone way up Norf

andyk159 wrote:

ozjeff62 wrote:

Will that carabiner have the necessary SWL rating you need for a breakaway cable? A 2 tonne caravan exerts a lot more kN than a 120kg torso.

The breakaway cable in UK is not to keep caravan attached to car. It only has to operate handbrake to slow van and is then designed to snap off anyway.
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