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Re: Elec. Brakes on Truck-Bed Trailer
ChooChoo, the more I think about it, the more elec over hydraulic makes sense. As K Charles says, the hydraulic part is already there. I believe that's the way I'll go. Path1, yep... backing it up is a female dog. It's funny, I have a trailer ball on the front end loader that's on my tractor, and I can push the inline horse trailer backwards all over the place while on the tractor, but backing it up with my pickup is frustrating. I can generally get it about 6-8 feet back before it gets all balled up on me. You have a good eye--I put the lights on the truck cab myself. Thanks Jax. Yes, after thinking about it last night I'll just go hydraulic some way. Just depends on what I can find at what price. I do have a brake controller on the truck.459Views0likes0CommentsRe: Elec. Brakes on Truck-Bed Trailer
Thanks Dutch! Choochoo, do you mean elec over hydraulic? If so, probably not--I don't need super brakes on this trailer--I'm an old guy and don't generally get myself into towing trouble. Then too I'm cheap. Elec over Hydraulic sounds expensive.458Views0likes0CommentsElec. Brakes on Truck-Bed Trailer
Hi, first post here. Hope this is in the correct forum. My tow vehicle is a '95 Dodge Cummins 2500 pickup, with an ATS transmission. I have tens of thousands of miles towing experience towing a 1960 2-horse, in-line horse trailer that I have restored and converted to a hillbilly RV. I'm very handy with tools and working around vehicles. I've rebuilt engines and transmissions, etc. So my question is about a trailer I just bought. It was made from the pickup bed of a '74 Ford 3/4 ton truck, and has the 3/4 ton rear end under it. Whoever did the work did good welds, and I have no worries about it's stability as a trailer. I've towed it around 200 miles and it's very stable behind my truck. I would like to put elec. brakes on this rear axle. Anybody got any tips? Do I need to replace the backing plates, or can I use the '74 Ford backing plates as is? I don't expect to tow at capacity with this trailer, but I'd like brakes on it for security. I'm thinking of the type of brake that a signal from the brake lights energizes magnets and pulls the brake shoes into the drums.2.8KViews0likes10Comments
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