Emergency Brake Cord

Yep. It engaged, and yep. You just stick it back in. and I'd do it pretty quick. Bad things can happen if you leave it out too long. Like, the battery dieing. And the TT brakes over heating.

However. If you had the battery out, or disconnected. No harm done. Just stick it back in.

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Its supposed to come out, so just line it up and put it back in. No harm no faul. But as mentioned, your batt will die. I pulled one on my concrete pump after cutting the cable in two(tight turn with it wrapped up around the hitch) and had it in the truck a few days before I got it fixed. Put it back in and went on a pour(had been sitting since I pulled it, would not move if I tried) and went to start the pump, nothing. Tried to jump it with my truck, no go. $200 lesson there.

If your battery on the Trailer is good and charged the brakes should engage. However, it will drain the battery and wont recharge until you hook your tow vehicle to it or connect a trickle charger.

The pin is tight fitting but should slide back into the plastic housing. Then charge your battery. You should be good to go. :)

I test my breakaway switch often on my toad. Just yank it out, see if the Brake Buddy engages and replace. Good to go.

What do you guys hook yours to? There is nothing to hook it to on my truck. Was thinking about adding something to the truck or the hitch.

CraigBrew wrote:
What do you guys hook yours to? There is nothing to hook it to on my truck. Was thinking about adding something to the truck or the hitch.

Anything OTHER than the hitch that is attached to the vehicle.

On my older 2006 F250 I was able to attach the breakaway cable to the underside of the bumper. There is an attachment point for safety chains IF you were using the ball mount on the bumper.

Fast forward to my new 2013 F250 and found out that Ford cheeped out on the bumper and made it too cheap and flimsy and eliminated the bumper ball mount and those chain tie points.

I had to make my own tie point by taking a short chain, wrapping around a steel "reinforcement" tube behind the bumper (which is not attached to the hitch). I used a chain link repair to close the chain loop. The loop is short enough that it doesn't hang below the bumper but gives me a easy way to secure the break away cable to.

I didn't want to drill holes randomly into a fresh off the assembly line vehicle..

I run my break away switch cable through a safety chain loop on the truck and then attach it to the chain with a shackle. If the trailer comes loose from the truck the cable will be pulled out of the switch.

69 Avion wrote:
I run my break away switch cable through a safety chain loop on the truck and then attach it to the chain with a shackle. If the trailer comes loose from the truck the cable will be pulled out of the switch.

If it is the safety chain loop built onto the hitch what happens if the hitch assembly fails or separates from the vehicle taking that part of the hitch away with the trailer?

Answer is the brakes don't activate..

Make sure the tie point has no physical connection to the hitch in use.

Gdetrailer wrote:

69 Avion wrote:
I run my break away switch cable through a safety chain loop on the truck and then attach it to the chain with a shackle. If the trailer comes loose from the truck the cable will be pulled out of the switch.

If it is the safety chain loop built onto the hitch what happens if the hitch assembly fails or separates from the vehicle taking that part of the hitch away with the trailer?

Answer is the brakes don't activate..

Make sure the tie point has no physical connection to the hitch in use.

It is a Ford, not a GM. LOL