Trailer wiring

whodat90 · May 24, 2007

I've got an old B8200D with a rudimentary electrical system; headlights, rear running lights and rear flashers. I'm about to tug a 5x8 utility trailer full of Brownie Scouts through a parade, so I decided to do a bit of work on the electrical system. Ended up putting in a brake switch and wiring in a 4-pin connector so that I can run the trailer lights off the tractor, running, brake, and flashers. I used a safety switch removed from an old lawn tractor on a custom bracket for the brake switch. Ran everything in splitloom, zipped to the tractor's original harness, looks pretty much factory. Another nice thing about it is that I can now put a 4-pin connector on a work light and power it through the trailer connector. Naturally it's fused throughout. No pics, but for others with older tractors it's an idea.
whodat

Soundguy · May 24, 2007

I went and bought a cheapy e-brake controller for that same purpose... hay rides.

Soundguy

whodat90 · May 24, 2007

I seriously considered that, and may still do it. The problem for me is that my tractor weighs ~2100lbs, my bigger trailer (that has brakes) is 1500 empty. I think that if I ever tow the big trailer with the tractor, it'll be small, around the yard stuff and never actually on the road.