Ready Brute Elite in action

93mastercraft; Thanks for your efforts, this is a GREAT video.

I like mine. Been running it for years no issues with towing or braking.

93mastercraft wrote:

Dale.Traveling wrote:

debaets wrote:
,,, If your jeep brake pedal is activating your jeep brake lights you may be back feeding your MH lights and cancelling your turn signal lights.

Diodes will prevent the feed back but the switch would work also.

The other problem to watch for is the toad brakes can cancel the turn signal on the toad. The coach signal combines brakes and turn signals so even with the brakes on the light will still flash. Using additional bulbs will work around both problems or you can use a two wire to three wire convertor such as one of THESE. Ran into the problem with the new toad, Honda CRV.

Also AMAZON now carried NSA Products.

This Wire Harness I already have does all that.

For my lights, I go to Advance auto parts and get two 1 inch sockets for 1157 bulbs. Drill a 1 inch hole in each light housing, with a hole saw, put them in and silicone around them, and run the wires to the front and mount a coupler to the front of the jeep. Don't splice in to any of the jeep wiring, and works good, can put together for about 25.00.

mowermech wrote:

holstein13 wrote:
What a clever way to show the effectiveness of this braking solution. I really like this system and would have purchased it for my current rig had I not already owned the Blue Ox tow bar.

There are two systems available.
The Ready Brute is the towbar and braking system combination, as shown.
The Ready Brake is the braking system only, that can be used with ANY towbar (including your blue Ox unit).
Then there is the Ready Stop add-on that gives braking if the toad should ever break away from the towing vehicle.

full information is on the NSA website.

Thanks, I guess I should have also mentioned that I had the braking system as well. I just moved the tow bar and braking system over from my old car to the pickup truck and purchased a new base plate that I would have needed anyway. It was cheaper than getting a new Ready Brake system. My current system is very easy to use as it's permanently installed in the engine compartment on the power brakes. In fact, it's one less cable to hook up than the ready brake, but I like the simplicity and beautiful solution of the Ready Brake better than my separate air braking system that could malfunction.

ILL be using my ready brake system with the blue oz tow bar. It is said that you need to purchase a little thing that keeps the cable from getting caught in the stowing tabs on the tow bar. I might just get the ready brake tow bar. I can put the blue ox in my pile of sheet that I bought and dont use anymore. I wish I had known about the ready brake from the get go. I think its the simplest, least expensive braking sytem on the market

holstein13 wrote:
What a clever way to show the effectiveness of this braking solution. I really like this system and would have purchased it for my current rig had I not already owned the Blue Ox tow bar.

There are two systems available.
The Ready Brute is the towbar and braking system combination, as shown.
The Ready Brake is the braking system only, that can be used with ANY towbar (including your blue Ox unit).
Then there is the Ready Stop add-on that gives braking if the toad should ever break away from the towing vehicle.

full information is on the NSA website.

Dale.Traveling wrote:

debaets wrote:
,,, If your jeep brake pedal is activating your jeep brake lights you may be back feeding your MH lights and cancelling your turn signal lights.

Diodes will prevent the feed back but the switch would work also.

The other problem to watch for is the toad brakes can cancel the turn signal on the toad. The coach signal combines brakes and turn signals so even with the brakes on the light will still flash. Using additional bulbs will work around both problems or you can use a two wire to three wire convertor such as one of THESE. Ran into the problem with the new toad, Honda CRV.

Also AMAZON now carried NSA Products.

This Wire Harness I already have does all that.

What a clever way to show the effectiveness of this braking solution. I really like this system and would have purchased it for my current rig had I not already owned the Blue Ox tow bar.

debaets wrote:
,,, If your jeep brake pedal is activating your jeep brake lights you may be back feeding your MH lights and cancelling your turn signal lights.

Diodes will prevent the feed back but the switch would work also.

The other problem to watch for is the toad brakes can cancel the turn signal on the toad. The coach signal combines brakes and turn signals so even with the brakes on the light will still flash. Using additional bulbs will work around both problems or you can use a two wire to three wire convertor such as one of THESE. Ran into the problem with the new toad, Honda CRV.

Also AMAZON now carried NSA Products.

93mastercraft wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:

93mastercraft wrote:
I've gotten several different suggestions on how the safety cable should be ran. Can some one post a picture or video ;) of how seafety cable should properly be connected specifically with the ready brute?

The ReadyBrute is connected no differently than connecting any other tow bar or trailer safety cables or chains.

From page 8 of the NHTSA's trailer towing guide:

"Make sure the hitch has provisions for the connection of safety chains, which are required by most states. When connected, safety chains should have some slack to permit sharp turns but should not drag on the road. In addition, they should cross under the trailer tongue to help prevent the tongue from dropping to the road in the event the trailer separates from the tow vehicle." (emphasis added)

Towing A Trailer - NHTSA

I would say that a tow bar is significantly different from a trailer tongue and ball and hitch scenario. A tow bar is comprised completely as a hitch receiver. Your towed vehicle essentially becomes the tongue where there is actually two attachment points as apposed to one. I will start crossing them under the bar. As long as these cables are, I really don't see the advantage. I cross chains all the time my boat and other trailers.

Answered my own question ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knpeRQ2zQ_k at 3:38

Jeez, the safety police are sticklers on this forum. :) Just amazes me over in the TT forum we see violators of the GVWR all day long. :)