Brake systems- Motohome Magazine
Just curious. This month's issue of Motorhome mag has an article on towd brake systems. There is no mention of the NSA Ready Brake surge units. To my recollection, there never has been. Ready Brake se...
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jplante4 wrote:
I just remember years ago hauling a car on a trailer that had surge brakes and going downhill, you needed to apply some gas pedal to keep things going straight. I also remember running after a guy in a Tiffin to tell him his toad was dragging the brakes. Seems like more stuff to worry about.
The key to any toad braking system working well is proper installation and adjustment, and from everything I've read the Ready Brake system works well when properly installed and adjusted. Any type of brake system will cause problems and not work well if not set up correctly. A big pitfall of selecting a toad braking system is that there are no performance or manufacturing standards (unlike virtually every other piece of hardware associated with towing), so you are at the mercy of the manufacturer's claims and user reviews to decide what works well and what doesn't.
