I have an 05' Boat Mate dual axle trailer with typical surge brake set up on one axle with disks. I only tow a couple times a year. one 1200 round trip and one 800 mile round trip. the surge brakes work fine but I have the typical surge brake problems. The trip I just got back from was to a lake house in TN where the last 20 miles are steep, twisty roads and it just rides the brakes on the trailer the whole time. On my last truck (05' Duramax) I wired in a switch that I could hit and power the back up solenoid and cancel out the trailer brakes. this worked ok but the Duramax was a big heavy truck. My new rig is a 14' Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and I think the truck is too light to do this.
So I don't want to spend $800-$1000 to put electric over hydraulic brakes on. is there any way to do it less expensive? Does anyone know of a trailer salvage yard that I could check to see if they have any good parts for sale?
So I don't want to spend $800-$1000 to put electric over hydraulic brakes on. is there any way to do it less expensive? Does anyone know of a trailer salvage yard that I could check to see if they have any good parts for sale?