โDec-11-2015 11:31 AM
โDec-14-2015 02:01 PM
Oaklevel wrote:
Hook mine onto the aft hitch rails at the bed.
โDec-14-2015 12:10 PM
djgarcia wrote:BarneyS wrote:
Those switches are quite inexpensive and easily replaceable by just about anybody. If however you are unable to do so, I would just disconnect the battery and tow the vehicle to the repair shop. By doing that the emergency breakaway will not be functionable so drive very carefully.
May not be legal but that is what I would do - depending on how far away the repair shop was and whether travel on high speed highways was necessary.
Barney
Would that be the same as using the "battery switch" knob and just turning it off like you do when you put the 5th wheel into storage for the winter??
โDec-14-2015 07:00 AM
joelc wrote:djgarcia wrote:
I had a "brake away switch" stolen from my 5th wheel while we were away from the RV Park. What is the recommended way to disengage the brake away switch so I can unlock the brakes on the trailer so I can move the trailer and get it into the shop to replace the "Brake away switch"??????
That is a sorry story. Who ever stole it probably really needed it, and could not afford the $10 bucks to buy a new one. Since I have had a previous problem with mine, it developed a short and the plastic casing bubbled, I now carry a spare, so if it ever does fail again, I won't be caught in the middle of nowhere.
โDec-14-2015 06:43 AM
djgarcia wrote:
I had a "brake away switch" stolen from my 5th wheel while we were away from the RV Park. What is the recommended way to disengage the brake away switch so I can unlock the brakes on the trailer so I can move the trailer and get it into the shop to replace the "Brake away switch"??????
โDec-13-2015 11:37 AM
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โDec-12-2015 09:44 AM
blofgren wrote:
I use a padlock to lock the hitch handle in the closed position when I am hooked up and I put the loop of the breakaway cable onto the shank of the padlock before I put it into the hitch handle.
My wife's uncle who we travel with often had some "funny" guy pull his hitch release several years ago while parked causing him to drop his trailer onto the bedrails of his truck. I have been using a lock on my hitch ever since to avoid this type of vandalism.
โDec-12-2015 07:41 AM
โDec-12-2015 06:51 AM
BarneyS wrote:
Those switches are quite inexpensive and easily replaceable by just about anybody. If however you are unable to do so, I would just disconnect the battery and tow the vehicle to the repair shop. By doing that the emergency breakaway will not be functionable so drive very carefully.
May not be legal but that is what I would do - depending on how far away the repair shop was and whether travel on high speed highways was necessary.
Barney
โDec-12-2015 06:49 AM
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โDec-11-2015 12:51 PM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Looped end of cable goes on handle of 5th wheel hitch.
โDec-11-2015 12:44 PM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Looped end of cable goes on handle of 5th wheel hitch.