Ameri-trail Trailer

[2000epic]

Don't know of him but I'll definitely have ears on for the name.  Don't know if I could teach anything new...cept the tuck and roll head over heals landing!!  Good at that

[Lakeside]

http://www.cyclone-cj.com/forum4/index.php?topic=259.0

Check this thread for more info on the 5 prong plug.? It's definitely worth doing.? You'll probably want it done just so you can back your boat easily into a lake.? In our area, we've got dirt road launches on many of our lakes, so it's a must.

Call your local U-Haul store and they can probably take care of you.? It cost just under $40 at the U-Haul in Duluth, MN to have it done to our SUV.? Let your local U-Haul place know that they do it for $40 at U-Haul in Duluth, who knows, maybe they'll match the price in your area.? It's the best money I've spent on the boat since we bought it.? Launching the boat is now trouble free.

[toyotafreak]

Hey, take a tip from the boat dealer....get a nut or a socket and masking-tape it into the slot on the side where the surge brake pin slides. By holding it in there, the truck pushes the surge brake into the nut or socket, which in turn pushes into the end of the channel. Horrible explanation, but I'm tired. Look at the moveable part of the tongue from the side and see where you might slide an object to keep the actual brake actuator from bearing the backup loads. Whew, that was tough.

[highflyn]

I may have had to many glass's of wine tonight (disclamier) My trailer has a small key that I slip into a slot when I need to back up. This is the ONLY way I can keep the trailer brakes for locking up when backing (surg brakes). Is this NOT how everybody else's trailer brakes work? If this does not make any sense reefer back to first sentence.
Terry

[cyclone]

Your trailer connector on your town vehicle is not wired correctly. One of the pins should be wired to the reverse lights, which will turn off the surge brakes when you back up. See Cal's link to his old post, it explains it pretty well. A trailer place can hook it up correctly, if you have one of those round connectors on the back of your truck you can just buy a round 7 pin to flat 5 pin adaptor and away you go.

[phenom_1819]

It was actually Lakeside's post, but here's the copy and paste from that conversation.
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I have the bracket you are talking about, but I have a different method that I think is much easier.   I also have a 4-prong connector on my truck, but the trailer has a 5-prong connector...

When I need to back up, all I do is turn my headlights on, which sends power to the second prong on the harness.  I unplug the harness, then plug the 5th connector on the trailer into the second connector (first female connector) of the truck harness.

Maybe this makes more sense (forgive the crappy diagram):

Truck looks like this:
O I  I  I 
1 2 3 4

Trailer looks like this:
O I  I  I  I
1 2 3 4 5

Hook the truck's "2" into the trailer's "5".  As long as your headlights are on, it will trigger the trailer brakes to release, and you're golden to back up. 

That's what I do, anyway... it only takes a few seconds each time, then you don't have to worry about carrying (and losing) the little metal bracket.

[highflyn]

Ill take a look at it when the I have some time and the rain stops falling. Putting the pin is to back up is really not a big deal. The only problem I could run into would be if I had to stop and then back up a steep hill (surge brakes need to be mostly disengaged to get pin it).  Thanks for the tip cal
Hows your PP? That sounds really bad. How's Perfect Pass working for you???
Terry