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When towing with a fifth-wheel-to-gooseneck setup, safety is paramount. This Safety Chain is crafted specifically for Gen-Y Hitch pin boxes, making it a perfect fit for your towing rig. Its grade 70 construction provides a strong and reliable backup connection, reassuring you during every journey.
Designed with serious towing in mind, this safety chain can handle up to 26,000 lbs with a link diameter of 3/8". It's made to manage the weight of heavy trailers effortlessly, ensuring peace of mind on the road.
Featuring an 84-inch length, this chain smoothly threads through the cross-shaped cutouts on your pin box, preventing any fuss during installation. It's as straightforward as hooking up the clevis hooks onto your hitch.
Durability is key when it comes to towing. Crafted from grade 70 steel, this chain is designed to resist rust and corrosion, maintaining strength and integrity for years to come, even in the toughest conditions.
It's all about simplicity and reliability. This single chain design comes with two clevis hooks, allowing for easy attachment and detachment. No need to juggle multiple chains; this streamlined setup is fuss-free.
This safety chain is specifically designed to work with Gen-Y Hitch fifth-wheel-to-gooseneck pin boxes. Other safety chains are not compatible.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everyone, Aidan here with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install these safety chains for your Gen-Y gooseneck. This is gonna be a 3/8 inch diameter chain and it's going to be 84 inches long. It's gonna be one section of chain with two clevis hook ends, and it's designed to work with your Gen-Y gooseneck, because the chain just feeds through the cross-shaped holes that are already existing on your pin box here, and there's no need to break out the torque wrench. It's got a 26,000 pound weight capacity and it's going to be a Grade 70 chain. Just like any other safety chain out there, it's gonna be that backup connection between your trailer and your vehicle in case there is an emergency disconnect, you still have this holding it in place.
And like I said earlier, the install process is really easy, there's no need to bolt anything down, break up the torque wrench, it's really just feeding that chain through the pin box, so let's check it out. To start with the install, we're gonna take off one of the clevis hook ends for our safety chains just by grabbing some needle-nose pliers and straightening out this pin right here, so we can take it out. May need to grab your pliers for that too just to get a better grip. And remove the clevis hook, and we can feed that free end of the chain through the gooseneck where we have this cross-shaped hole. So I'm just gonna feed it through this end right here and out the other side, and then we can get it all symmetrical.
So from here, I'm gonna get these nice and even with each other, just pulling the slack out of one side, adding it to the other until everything is draping evenly. Then, once everything's even, we can just grab our hook and our pins, run them back through each other and re-secure the hook by bending the cotter pin back out and securing the hook in place. And that's it for the install, it's a really simple process, and now, we've got our upgraded safety chains on our Gen-Y gooseneck..
Shipping on this item was quick and packaged extremely well. The GenY hitch exceeded our expectations. We just completed a 600 mile trip. In the first 100 miles we noticed some stiffness, but after that it loosened up and on the return home we definitely noticed a difference. The hitch is very easy to hook up and as long as you are within a few inches the hitch will center itself and slide onto the ball. We towed with an F350 6 3/4 foot bed and I do not see any need for the 4 inch extension ball setup. A subcompact tractor makes 1 person install of the hitch a complete breeze. The angle is perfect. I ordered the GenY chains and mounting bolts and all worked very well.
Feels nice and heavy duty . My wife said it looks like a Mr. T chain it’s so gold lol. Shipping was super fast!
Gwendolyn Y.
5/2/2025
I pity the fool who doesn't have these chains like you do!
Nice chain but over $100 is ridiculous. And it should have been included with the $1500 Gen Y Gooseboc I just bought from Etrailer.
Nice fit and finish. Hooks fit well into the Curt multi-fit ball kit.
If you are going to tow as a gooseneck- this is absolutely the best hitch out there.
Will work fine with Gen Y Gooseneck hitch I purchased from Camping World on sale.
Great quality !
Perfect for my appli cation
Nice heavy duty chain. Great quality.
The first time the chain arrived I set it aside to deal with other things until I was ready to install the gen y hitch I bought it for. Once I took a look at it, the chain was wrong and was too long, the clevis's weren't right. I contacted e-trailer and was sent the correct chain on a two day shipping and then sent the other one back. They are human and make mistakes but they sure take care of business when they need to fix something. Thanks e-trailer.
Heavy duty chain. Exactly what I needed for my GenY gooseneck hitch.
Etrailer did a great job keeping me updated on my order and the delivery was fast!
Quality product and fast shipping! As advertised! Thanks guys!
It came 2-3 days after ordering it as they said. Boxed up nicely. so fat I’m happy. Haven’t installed it yet because the camper is still in storage.
Mike
6/13/2024
I’m selling it because I didn’t get the correct size. When ordering it on line it never asked me to check the GVWR x .22 so I ended up with the wrong one.
Tried to source locally, but none of the chain that met the DOT criteria was available or very expensive. This was very handy and easy to install.
This product has been on the job!
Seems like this is a quality item. Can't wait to use it.
Victoria H.
1/27/2025
Hi George, let us know what you think once you get the chance to put this safety chains to use.
Work great with the Gen-Y. Easy to install and remove
The quality of this safety chain is great, and is compatible with the Gen Y goose neck hitch that I'll be installing on my travel trailer. The hooks are very large and will easily attach to and detach from the hook loops in the bed of my truck. I have no complaints, and appreciate the quick processing and shipment from etrailer.
VERY NICE PRODUCT.
After using my Genyhitch executive hitch for only one season, I liked it well enough to buy a second one , we decided to downsize our 5th wheel camper, and of course the new one has a different pin box, so it won’t fit, so I have one that fits a Rhino pin box , if anyone is interested, lol. It’s so nice when you unhook all you have in your box is the ball. Quality product!
Great product, convenient to order.
Fast shipping , great item
Super easy install. Straighten cotter pin, pull it out, pull pin and hook is removed. Feed chain through, put hook and pin back on and bend cotter. Literally a 5 minute job! Grade 70 chain and about the same as sourcing elsewhere.
Quality is good but overpriced for what it is. Shipped via USPS and they delayed delivery several days for some reason. Not your fault I know but may consider not using them in future.
Timely delivery. Product looks good. Haven't installed yet.
Easy to find on website and the video for what I ordered.
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Nick
5/14/2025
This hitch has still been absolutely great. I just hooked it up to the truck before our first trip and it was incredibly smooth.