Dragging the 7-way connector

[jrdebono]

During my last trip to Missouri and discovered that every time I checked to see why I had no trailer breaks, the 7-way was up under the Trailer (Palomino S-17). I ended up having to reconnect the cable three times. The last time the plug bounced up and hooked itself under the trailer which ended up stripping way around 7 inches of cable insulation and flatting down one side of the plug.

My question is what am I doing wrong? When I first started out I made sure the plug was fastened and secured and every time after that when I did not have trailer breaks. Am I making my turns to tight?

Any info would be helpful.

John

[romore]

Either the cable is too short to allow turns or it is getting hooked on something. I had the same problem, broke the receptacle on the truck first trip out. Because the cable exits the trailer under the nose of our fiver and the receptacle is under the tail gate, I made an extension then tied it up with a short bungee behind the gate to keep it from hanging too low. Now that I have the bed torn out to repair some water damage I can move the cable exit further back.

[DutchmenSport]

Get some small bungie cords and wrap one around the plug and the little flap that protects the male plug on your tow vehicle. Simple solution and keeps the plug from coming out. That little flap should have a catch that catches to the trailer pig-tail.