Supplemental Brake... Necessity or Preference
We seem to have a good number of discussions on the issue of the need for supplemental brakes... Unfortunately many of the discussions are not very productive in terms of giving those who have an open...
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jahapp wrote:magicbus wrote:jahapp wrote:
I invested in a braking system Johnny. The pendulum stuck on and the light did not come on. Cost me $2300 for a complete brake job.I have elected not to use it any longer. The other side of the coin is I have seen 2 separate instances of toad underneath mh for lack of a system.
Aside form the fact that I never felt the need for one, this is probably the single biggest concern I have... I simply do not trust them. I am a bit confused by the last statement about the "toad underneath mh"... I guess this implies that the tow bar was not properly leveled with the RV hitch:?
Dave
When the mh panic stops, the rear end raises up, the front end of the toad drops down and the toad slides around sideways and ends up underneath the back end of the mh.
Sprung chassis...sure does dip in the front / raise in the rear...but just how much you thing an air ride chassis is going to do that??? Complex test made easy: Go hook your toad on and then manually inflat your REAR airbags to their MAXIMUM height...then go and look at the different in "altitudes" between the coach and the toad!
If MY toad "slides around sideways"...Im first going to be breaking a 7000 pound test cable ( I tow a 3800 lb jeep!). Im also going to be totally wrecking a 10,000 pound rated tow bar..and although I havent measured it..I may also be breaking my 6000 pound test "break-a-way" chain???
Possible to do? Sure. Chances of it happening..? NADA!
Ive been thru 2 of those ( and hope it never happens again) "We bought the farm" emergency stops...and Im not the slightest bit afraid of stopping my rig ( MY RIG..as its presently configured)
