trailer brakes "new spin"

[garagenc]

I want to install electric brakes on my boat trailer. Has anyone done this and would they be affected by the saltwater?

[spareparts]

ok, i had it all typed out then I lost my server connection and it was all erased, so rather than type it all out again, lee, don't do it!!! call me if you want the whole story

[garagenc]

OK I'll call you tomorrow

[reelapeelin]

I want to install electric brakes on my boat trailer. Has anyone done this and would they be affected by the saltwater?

I would not go w/electric brakes on a boat trailer, especially one dunked in saltwater...if we can get Airslot's attention here, he installed Kodiaks a while back...

Hey Slotster!!...how are they holdin' up??...and how's your actuator holdin' up??...

But whatever you do, DO NOT use Tie-Down's disc brakes...Mickey Mouse and will not last...Tie-Downs actuator is good though...you'd wanna use their model 6000 and make sure it's one FOR DISC BRAKES...

[cfelton]

Lee, I don't know about the electric brakes, but all I've heard was negative. I looked on ebay and found Kodiak SCAD brake kits from Custom Hitch &Trailer in Naples, Fl. The one axle kit was 200 bucks which included rotors, calipers, mounting brackets and bolts, wheel brgs and seals and good instructions. They were really easy to install, using the same holes as the old backing plate. Also ordered a reverse solenoid that mounts inline behind the acuator for 30 bucks and ran a wire from my reverse light circuit. I got a new Titan acuator from Portsmouth trailer service for 120 dollars and went to the local Napa for brake lines. The system works GREAT!! I havent had to touch it since installing it. Money well spent IMO.

[Airslot]

Slotster here, reporting for duty.

TieDown actuator and Kodak S-Cad brakes are holding up well. Just had them apart last week to repack bearings.

As for electric brakes...terrible idea. That said, if you meant electric over hydraulic, that my friend is the shizzle. By far the best braking sytem you could have on a boat trailer. Probably overkill on a boat our size, but once you et a little bigger they are definately the bestsetup available.

[garagenc]

Yep Air that's what I'm thinking.

Last winter I hit a patch of black ice and with the hyd actuator attached to the tongue being activated when you hit the brake and it rolls fwd on the ball to depress the hyd actuator that does you no good when youre sliding on ice. I want something I can activate the trailer brakes from inside the truck as you can with the elect brake override on the actuator inside the truck.

[macojoe]

I don't care if you are in a Tank!! You hit ice you are sliding!!

What you think is going to happen when you slam that elet brake and the wheels lock up on ice?? Crash Bang Smash it that's what!

Stay with the tried and proven!

[reelapeelin]

I don't care if you are in a Tank!! You hit ice you are sliding!!

What you think is going to happen when you slam that elet brake and the wheels lock up on ice?? Crash Bang Smash it that's what!

Stay with the tried and proven!


Das right!!...:hi:

[bradford]

My trailer brakes from Flintstone & Co are holding up well. I use them on all my trailers. Yabba Dabba Dooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[garbubba]

As a park & refuge ranger on the gulf coast for 20+ years I can tell you that the life expectancy of trailer brakes even if you do a good washdown each trip is less than three years. I love trailer brakes, have them on my utility trailer & use them on many work rigs but brakes & salt water are bad news.

My advise: if you want a safer ride, buy a bigger truck! I tow my V20 with a '97 land cruiser or my '69 ford p'up with a big block.

& oh yeah move south - ice on the road? somebody spilled his cocktail!

Doug