Dinghy Braking
I am shopping for a braking system to tow a jeep wrangler and am debating between the Blue Ox Patriot and the Roadmaster Invisibrake. any comments or advise?
Forum Discussion
UsualSuspect wrote:
..By the way, my towed is to heavy for a ReadyBrake,
...Your towed weighs more than 8,000 lbs? Thats what Readybrake's ReadyBrute tow bar is rated for, and I don't believe RB has any weight rating/limit on their brake unit itself.
You must be loading down your Toyota Tundra pickup with a LOT of weight in the bed when towing it, if its over 8,000 lbs. Do you take a few loads of rocks with you when towing? :)
Everyone I know who has one said while it does what it should, all of them have had to replace the cable at least once, said you can't lube it, and over time it wears through the cable strands, so you have to inspect it, but both said the inspection didn't catch the wear and it broke while traveling.
...Well, given that I know of many, many people that have been using Readybrake for several years and not had to replace the cable yet, and I personally have been using it for 2 years and have seen very little signs of any wear on the cable.....I'd say the ones you know replacing the cables that often, must have a setup or installation issue of some kind. Definitely sounds like a cable is rubbing somewhere way more than it should.
Bottom line is if you install and set up the Readybrake correctly, you won't have that problem.
