$50 for a Reese brake controller at Wal-Mart. What kind of truck do you have? Putting in the controller may be more trouble than it's worth.evilfij said:Anyone?
Something that works but thats about it. Used is cool. Only need to use it once.
Ron
9V said:on the trailer i tow with the brakes are wired into the brakelight circuit. this trailer has seen thousands upon thousands of miles of use like this, without incident.
all i know is that it works, and that it can lock up the brakes on hard enough of a pedal. i havent looked at the wiring of the trailer (its not mine) but maybe there is some kind of proportioning thing in there.FYRMAN said:Bullshit. Pure, unadulterated, bullshit. If you had the trailer brakes wired into the brakelight circuit, the voltage from the lights would lock up your brakes. If your brakes aren't locking up, it is because your brakes are way out of adjustment, your brakes don't work, or you have other problems.
That's the thing about having it wired into your stoplights.... It's either on or off. no inbetween. The brake controller is what gives it the inbetween. All it takes is one litle hair of a wire crossed over to your brakes and they will lock up tighter that an Amish virgin. I don't have to pull your trailer, because I work on the things day in and day out. I fix trailers wired like your all of the time.9V said:
all i know is that it works, and that it can lock up the brakes on hard enough of a pedal. i havent looked at the wiring of the trailer (its not mine) but maybe there is some kind of proportioning thing in there.
would you like to come tow it?
SPEND the $100 and buy a real friggin brake controller. Ya, you want to save $100 and not do it... but what the hell will it cost you when that damn heavy trailer (7500 load) jack knifes your Land Rover on its side.evilfij said:7500lbs back from canada with a land rover. I was thinking about an "oh sh*t" switch to just lock them up when needed.
I found some on ebay for ~$30, wal-mart near me did not have any.
Ron
OK, here's a thought... why COULDN'T a brake controler be indtauled ON THE TRAILER??FYRMAN said:
That's the thing about having it wired into your stoplights.... It's either on or off. no inbetween. The brake controller is what gives it the inbetween. All it takes is one litle hair of a wire crossed over to your brakes and they will lock up tighter that an Amish virgin. I don't have to pull your trailer, because I work on the things day in and day out. I fix trailers wired like your all of the time.
Because everytime you turned on your blinker to make a turn, your brakes would surge. Not only that, but a controller is kinda sensitive to weather. You don't want water getting into it and shorting it out. What about making adjustments to the controller while driving? And if that trailer starts to sway, or you are on slick roads and the trailer tries to pass you, you can't work the controller manually (activating just the trailer brakes) to straighten everything out again.RustoleumWhite said:
OK, here's a thought... why COULDN'T a brake controler be indtauled ON THE TRAILER??
Thinking in theory here... the controler only has 4 wires, on out to the breaks, one ground, and one that is 12V power and the other brake lights....
why *couldn't* you "power" the unit with the brake lights (lights com on, 12V to the controler) and at the same time it actuvates the brakes. Release the brakes and the unit powers down, but so what.
good points, hadn't considered the adjusting part.... even though I adjust mine all the time. Weather is easy to fix, and hadn't thought of the blinkers....FYRMAN said:
Because everytime you turned on your blinker to make a turn, your brakes would surge. Not only that, but a controller is kinda sensitive to weather. You don't want water getting into it and shorting it out. What about making adjustments to the controller while driving? And if that trailer starts to sway, or you are on slick roads and the trailer tries to pass you, you can't work the controller manually (activating just the trailer brakes) to straighten everything out again.
evilfij said:7500lbs back from canada with a land rover. I was thinking about an "oh sh*t" switch to just lock them up when needed.
I found some on ebay for ~$30, wal-mart near me did not have any.
Ron