This a something I created to give myself piece-of-mind while I'm towing.

Due to their age Portafolds aren't legally required to have a breakaway cable, and as they don't have a sprung handbrake they'd be pretty useless anyway, I have come up with a shackle cable instead. This cable is strong enough to take the full weight of a fully-loaded Portafold. With this cable wrapped around the A frame and brake linkage on the Portafold, and around a solid point on the rear of your car; should the worst happen and the Portafold detach from the tow ball, it will be tied by the shackle cable.

N.B. The cable has been produced to take the full snatch weight of a Portafold at the maximum weight the chassis can handle. But, you will be using this cable at your own risk and there are no guarantees or assurances made by, or on behalf of, portafold.co.uk

As I mentioned above, Portafolds do not legally require a breakaway cable on two counts.  The law is only applicable for caravans with a MTPLM (Maximum Technically Permissible Laden Mass) between 750kg and 3500kg.  The chassis of a Portafold can only take up to 609.63kg.  Also, the law only applies to caravans manufactured after 1st of October 1982.  The last Ansfold was made in 1980, so none of the Portafolds or Ansfolds are affected.

£20.00 each

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Portafold Breakaway Cable