Does any not pull their emergency trailer brake cable?

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I hate to tell you this guys but, most of the people I go camping with never even bother to make their brakes work. But, we all pull small trailers within 100 miles of our homes.

Had buddies when I was a kid that owned cars where the brakes barely worked. A friend with a 63 Falcon comes to mind. One late night when we were teenagers we got hungry and they decided to go um,, "liberate" some apples from a orchard. They let me drive the car as they did this. I found that the brakes didn't work, the emergency brake didn't work, and that park had been torn out of the tranny. They were mad at me when it took me 3 times to coast to a stop in the just the right place.

After growing up like that I don't feel the least bit unsafe if I don't risk pulling my brake switch to test it. I'm the only person within 100 miles of here that even has trailer brakes. (Unless you have a big 5th wheel then that is different)

And, I did try to pull it once and I could not get it back in because the plastic broke . I went to the dealer to get a new one. He told me there are several different "keys" to go in a switch and he didn't have that one. So he sold me a new switch. He had to force the key to get it into the switch. I tried to pull it back out on the way to the parking lot and it would not come back out. I took it back to him and he told me that there had to be electricity to the switch to get it back out. But, he sold me a new one that was completely together this time. I put it on the TT and I will never pull it again. Way to much hassle to test a safety device you will never need.

Just because "others" you "know" do stupid things doesn't mean that YOU should follow their stupidity..

Police WILL write you up AND you WILL BE FACING SOME COURT DATES if they can show evidence that YOU failed to ensure your break away was in good working order if your rig caused an accident..

Do you feel "lucky"?

YOU may not feel "unsafe" but YOU ARE PUTTING OTHERS LIVES AT RISK.

YOU most likely will not even get a scratch on your vehicle if the trailer breaks loose BUT OTHER MOTORISTS will have to DODGE YOUR TRAILER..

The breakaway system IS NOT FOR YOUR SAFETY, IT IS FOR OTHER MOTORISTS SAFETY..

Put yourself into another motorists position.. Would YOU personally like seeing a 10,000 lb trailer rolling free AND HEADED DIRECTLY AT YOU? I hope not..

Perhaps YOU should SHOW YOUR FRIENDS A BETTER WAY by TESTING AND ENSURING YOUR BREAK AWAY WILL WORK WHEN IT IS NEEDED.

There ARE different manufacturers of those switches, and the "keys" as you say will not interchange. It is BEST to buy a new switch with a new pin.

The reason you could not get yours in was the mere fact that they ONLY FIT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.. If it doesn't fit just ROTATE the pin 90 degrees and it WILL easily snap in.