79 Bronco trailer wiring
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79 Bronco trailer wiring
You can pull just about anything (anyone else remember the commercial where they pulled an house with a F250 4x4?). Stopping is the big thing. When I bought the trailer to tow my Vette I figured in the trailer weight, the cars weight, and all the spare junk weight I would need to race. This came up to around 6200 lbs so I bought a trailer with self activating brakes. I use this style of trailer brakes because of a couple of different reasons.
One is that the system is basically just like the system on a truck without the brake booster. Two is less things to worry about going wrong (wiring, power failure, selniods ect..) Three I don't have to tear things off my truck if I sell it to use the trailer with my new truck (four trucks and still the same trailer). Four is because I can tow the trailer behind anything and it will have brakes.
I also tow a 20' bayliner with an 5.7lt I/O. The tag says 3800lbs with trailer. This is I feel the safe upper limit for towing without brakes. I still make sure I travel a safe distance behind anyone espcailly on the highway, but I do feel safe with it.
One is that the system is basically just like the system on a truck without the brake booster. Two is less things to worry about going wrong (wiring, power failure, selniods ect..) Three I don't have to tear things off my truck if I sell it to use the trailer with my new truck (four trucks and still the same trailer). Four is because I can tow the trailer behind anything and it will have brakes.
I also tow a 20' bayliner with an 5.7lt I/O. The tag says 3800lbs with trailer. This is I feel the safe upper limit for towing without brakes. I still make sure I travel a safe distance behind anyone espcailly on the highway, but I do feel safe with it.
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79 Bronco trailer wiring
Sure you can add a 7 wire plug to the truck...don't use "scotch locks"
...don't use "scotch locks"...don't use "scotch locks" get the idea. The standard trailer plug is 4 wires but the 7 has a pin for electric brakes. You will have to add a wire to the electric brake switch (which you will probably mount under the dash panel) along with the activator. If you add any wires use solder and shrink wrap tubing.
Bob
...don't use "scotch locks"...don't use "scotch locks" get the idea. The standard trailer plug is 4 wires but the 7 has a pin for electric brakes. You will have to add a wire to the electric brake switch (which you will probably mount under the dash panel) along with the activator. If you add any wires use solder and shrink wrap tubing.
Bob
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