Supplemental Brake Systems - update 8/7/06
Updates: 1/1/06: Roadmaster has stopped making BrakePro and replaced it with a revised system that it calls Even Brake. A DRAFT review of the Even Brake System has been added. Like the other rev...
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I think the SMI toad braking system is the most natural system available, unobtrusive, least strain on the toad vehicle.
The key advantage is that it uses a vacuum pump so that the existing brake vacuum booster is a key part of the system. The brake system is actuated by a vacuum cylinder controlled by the same vacuum pump, in response to the brake light signal and braking/deceleration forces acting on a pendulum in the system unit.
Reliable, out-of-the-way, works seamlessly.
I self installed, a fair bit of work, but minimal fuss now. Turn it on at the start of a trip, off at the end.
The key advantage is that it uses a vacuum pump so that the existing brake vacuum booster is a key part of the system. The brake system is actuated by a vacuum cylinder controlled by the same vacuum pump, in response to the brake light signal and braking/deceleration forces acting on a pendulum in the system unit.
Reliable, out-of-the-way, works seamlessly.
I self installed, a fair bit of work, but minimal fuss now. Turn it on at the start of a trip, off at the end.
