lanerd wrote:
I also have the US Gear Unified supplemental brake system on my toad. As long as the driver kept his foot on the rv's brake, it would have activated the toad's brakes .....
The US gear system has a multiple activation method
Not only must you be using the RV's brakes (Brake lights ON) but with enough pressure to SLOW the RV for it is purportional and if you just gently press the brakes it will activate the vacuum pump but will not apply brakes
The Break away cable
A manual lever in the RV's cockpit,, This is the method I'd have used under these conditions...
You can also adjust "gain" (how hard the brakes are applied as a function of how Fast the Motor home is slowing down) turning the towed brakes OFF if needed.
This is somewhat more control than a Professional SEMI driver has over his trailer brakes (he can not adjust gain on the fly, but can either engage or disable them if needed).
Only US gear offers this level of control.
