"Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: On Tue, September 21, 2004 11:50 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net said:
:>
:> Hmmm, that doesn't sound right to me. Is your trailer equipped with
:> electric
:> brakes, or are they surge brakes? If they are surge brakes, then it is
:> true that you don't need an in-cab brake controller.
: It might very well have surge brakes, and just use the 7-pin wiring
: adapter as a matter of convenience. Definitely something to check out.
Yep, that's what I was thinking.
:> A weight distributing hitch is a system that uses a special receiver
:> bar along with torsion bars;
: Some pictures might help:
: http://www.draw-tite.com/info/info/info_wgtdist.shtml
: Actually, Jon, I seem to recall you posting something similar when I asked
: the same question about a year and a half ago :-).
Heh - Spread the wealth! :-)
Yep - here we go: http://archives.dakota-truck.net/0303/0098.html
I guess I got lazy this time to not post the pics. Actually, your
link is better since it shows the connection, bars, chains, etc.
in detail.
Since that post of course, I now have a WD setup on my large
enclosed trailer (Ed sold me his when he got rid of his travel
trailer) and I use it all the time, even with an empty trailer;
it really does make a world of difference.
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