Double towing - Special wiring?
I have a 5th wheel and have installed a hitch for double towing behind the 5th wheel. In order to get the lights on the utility trailer behind the RV, I ran the wires past the RV to the 4 terminal fl...
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Bionic Man wrote:
........I don't understand how you wired for the 2nd trailer. Did you somehow go all the way up to the tow vehicle?
ANS: Yes I should have tapped the RV taillights but I wanted it to connect as close to the source as possible. So I routed the wire all the way to the rear of the truck.
I almost always tow tandem. The lights for my 2nd trailer are just wired off the tail lights on the 5er, and they work fine.
As a point of reference, I tow up to 5100 pounds behind my 5er, and I only make a minor adjustment to my trailer brake control (like up by 1 or 1.5 when towing my boat).
ANS: OK that is good to know. Adding 1-1.5 on the brake controller for the boat trailer lets me know something.
