ning
Elite Member
The problem isn't backing them in general - it's backing them up a (steep) hill; the slope in that direction looks like enough deceleration for the surge brakes to engage.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