Hey guys...
Wrench here. I haven't been here in a while, but thought I'd stop in to get some input.
Does anyone have electric brakes on their boat trailer?
There are no brakes on my trailer now and never have been.
I never did get around to putting brakes on my trailer (some of my posts from 2007 stated I was starting the project), nothing like procrastinating. So now I find myself revisiting this project as I think I will be doing much more trailering this year than in past summers. So I'm thinking of putting electric brakes on. I already have my tow vehicle set up with a 7 pin plug and brake controller for the brakes on my Pup trailer. It would be a lot less work to put electrics on rather than surge brakes. Change the elec. connecter at the tongue, run a wire back to each wheel, install backing plates and install the drums. Solder and good quality heat shrink will be good for underwater.
That way I don't have to change the ball coupler over to a surge actuator, and go with extra flex hoses because the tongue folds sideways for storage, plus making steel lines, (or getting a kit), steel lines on the axle, problems backing up my driveway.......
This way I unplug my elec. connecter before I back into the lake, which you do anyway so your lights aren't on. This way there's no power to the magnets underwater. Also just unplug to back up my driveway.
This all seems good to me, BUT... is there something that I'm overlooking? Does anyone have any ideas why this would be a bad idea?
Trailer and boat together are about 3300 - 3500 lbs. I was thinking of 10 x 2 1/4 inch brakes.
Let me know what you think.
Wrench here. I haven't been here in a while, but thought I'd stop in to get some input.
Does anyone have electric brakes on their boat trailer?
There are no brakes on my trailer now and never have been.
I never did get around to putting brakes on my trailer (some of my posts from 2007 stated I was starting the project), nothing like procrastinating. So now I find myself revisiting this project as I think I will be doing much more trailering this year than in past summers. So I'm thinking of putting electric brakes on. I already have my tow vehicle set up with a 7 pin plug and brake controller for the brakes on my Pup trailer. It would be a lot less work to put electrics on rather than surge brakes. Change the elec. connecter at the tongue, run a wire back to each wheel, install backing plates and install the drums. Solder and good quality heat shrink will be good for underwater.
That way I don't have to change the ball coupler over to a surge actuator, and go with extra flex hoses because the tongue folds sideways for storage, plus making steel lines, (or getting a kit), steel lines on the axle, problems backing up my driveway.......
This way I unplug my elec. connecter before I back into the lake, which you do anyway so your lights aren't on. This way there's no power to the magnets underwater. Also just unplug to back up my driveway.
This all seems good to me, BUT... is there something that I'm overlooking? Does anyone have any ideas why this would be a bad idea?
Trailer and boat together are about 3300 - 3500 lbs. I was thinking of 10 x 2 1/4 inch brakes.
Let me know what you think.