Robert_in_NY
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- Joined
- Aug 1, 2001
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- Location
- Silver Creek, NY
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- Case-IH Farmall 45A, Kubota M8540 Narrow, New Holland TN 65, Bobcat 331, Ford 1920, 1952 John Deere M, Allis Chalmers B, Bombardier Traxter XT, Massey Harris 81RC and a John Deere 3300 combine, Cub Cadet GT1554
I have three trucks that I use for towing and currently two trailers. All of them are the 7 pin style connectors. Does anyone know of a simple tester you can plug into the truck and possibly the trailer to find any faults? We have a couple different testers for testing GFCI outlets in houses which is what made me wonder if there is any available for trailers or trucks.
If there isn't one available yet would one of you smart fellows make one, get rich from it and send me a free one for giving you the idea?
I replaced the male plug on my flatbed trailer as it was a 6 pin and we were using an adapter and it just was a junk setup from the start. However, my dump trailer isn't showing up on my brake controller and the truck says there is a fault in the trailer. I would love to plug a tester in and it tells me where or what the problem is instead of trying to trace everything down wire by wire. If there was a tester for the truck side of things I can eliminate the problem from the truck side easy enough as well as check the trucks periodically.
If there isn't one available yet would one of you smart fellows make one, get rich from it and send me a free one for giving you the idea?
I replaced the male plug on my flatbed trailer as it was a 6 pin and we were using an adapter and it just was a junk setup from the start. However, my dump trailer isn't showing up on my brake controller and the truck says there is a fault in the trailer. I would love to plug a tester in and it tells me where or what the problem is instead of trying to trace everything down wire by wire. If there was a tester for the truck side of things I can eliminate the problem from the truck side easy enough as well as check the trucks periodically.