Not enough batteries

dougrainer wrote:

Mile High wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

Mile High wrote:

usersmanual wrote:
I sell hundreds of trailers each year. They (TT)mostly come on transport trailers. The fivers are towed but the ELECTRIC brakes all and have always run off the transportation vehicle batterys. there will be a small auxiliary battery for the break away system brake ; we always install the required batterys on the PDI we do on every trailer that passes through our RV lot

Nobody is arguing where the power comes for the brakes, but it can't be towed without a battery because of the break away, so you get a cheap battery when it leaves the factory, regardless of how many it is supposed to hold normally.

NONE of our Towables come with batteries from the factory. The Factories do not care about having a battery for the Break away system and neither do the Transport companies. I work (37 years and still do) for a large Towable/motorhome dealer(same dealer for those 37 years). AND, we install Interstate Batteries on ALL our units. Interstate makes about the best battery out there. The reason I mentioned Jayco is because Jayco makes provision for 6 batteries on their 5th wheels with residential and we install all 6(OUR expense, not Jayco's AND NO OEM pays a dealer for the battery install) on those models. All other Towables, we install 1 battery even if there are mounts for 2 or more unless the customer pays for the extra batteries on the deal. Doug

Years ago they did come with CHEAP batteries, but since 2008, they dropped batteries in almost all brands on towables.

Well I can't speak for the brands you sell. I can only speak for the brands I buy, and those factories are a little more conscientious of the law and the risks to other motorists.

Regardless - this whole conversation is going nowhere so everyone can zip up their pants and put the rulers away and we can get back on topic. My point was that in addition to battery quantities, there are battery sizes and even if you have less number of batteries than you think you should have, the batteries themselves may be of a higher series and capacity.

REALLY? How many Towables have you purchased? Your sig shows you have a motorhome. MY point is, YOU SPOUT OFF AND HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT YOU ARE STATING. Doug

YA AND THIS IS A MOTORHOME THREAD, BUT TO ANSWER YOU, SIX TOWABLES - THE LAST ONE WAS LAST YEAR AND IT HAD A BATTERY IN IT FROM THE FACTORY ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHERS BEFORE THAT! WEVE ONLY HAD THIS MOTORHOME SINCE MAY - there, could you hear my keyboard? Seems you spend a lot of time in caps trying to make your useless point. Just because the stuff YOUR BOSS orders doesn't come with batteries doesn't mean that is ABSOLUTE for ALL or MOST brands as you like to claim, it just means you don't get out much.