Your towing rigs and trailers

   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,011  
Surge brakes are popular on boats since you don稚 have to worry about dunking the electronics. I think you have to get out and do something like insert a pin to lock out the surge brakes.
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,012  
Correct, as stated above!
My boat has a pin you have to put in to back up in certain situations. It locks out the brakes. I have to use it every time I back in my drive.

There used to be a few companies that made brake kits that tied into your master cylinder and the trailer brake pressure matched the exact pressure applied to the truck. They were great but expensive and a bit more complicated to install.

I’ve had several top end inertia brake controllers and at times they have all had limitations. FWIW.
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,013  
Surge brakes are popular on boats since you don稚 have to worry about dunking the electronics. I think you have to get out and do something like insert a pin to lock out the surge brakes.
Some also make a solenoid that will tie into the reverse lights so it disables the brakes when in reverse.

Aaron Z
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,014  
Man that would be slick, my boats an 06 not sure if they made that option then. It doesn’t sound like much but it’s a pain to get out and get back there to put the pin in, then if there is any pressure (like the boat is uphill pushing on the truck) it doesn’t line up.

Thanks for the info, course I’ve been told I’ll never get another boat, lol. But if I ever do I will ask about it.
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,015  
Man that would be slick, my boats an 06 not sure if they made that option then. It doesn稚 sound like much but it痴 a pain to get out and get back there to put the pin in, then if there is any pressure (like the boat is uphill pushing on the truck) it doesn稚 line up.

Thanks for the info, course I致e been told I値l never get another boat, lol. But if I ever do I will ask about it.
Looks like its just an addon that goes behind the surge coupler: Amazon.com: Trailer Brake Electric Reverse Lock Out Solenoid: Automotive
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   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,017  
I think all boat trailers made in the last 10 years (at least) will have the reverse lockout valve, but I know quite a few people who don't have the right 5-pin connector on their tow vehicle to pass along the reverse light signal. So that can be a minor complication. If you have a typical 7-pin round connector, that should be carrying reverse and you can get an adapter to go from 7-pin to 5-pin. If you only have a 4-pin on the tow vehicle, or had 7-pin with no adapter, you're out of luck....
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,018  
It's weird to me that you folks have trailers that have issues when backing them up. I've used various 10K equipment trailers from places I've rented bobcats from in past years (4 or 5 in the past 10 years) and they all had surge brakes and I had zero problems backing them up anywhere. My dad also had a big old Larson inboard/outboard boat back in the 70's that had a trailer with surge brakes and he never did anything special to back it up. Admittedly I don't have tons of experience with trailers with surge brakes but given what I know I'm surprised.

Rob
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,019  
I have a steep drive to back up when storing the trailers... I was not possible with the surge brakes without locking them out... then no issues.

Moving around on the flat was never a problem.
 

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