[AT] Trailer Brakes

[R Mull]

About 20 years ago , a fellow construction worker who was staying in a local
motel, bought a well used bumper pull camper from another guy on the job. He
asked me to try to connect up the tail lights so he could pull it home on
Friday. The wiring harness was a mess, no plug, etc. I got him some tail
lights working, he left early to pull this thing the 160 miles to his house.
All was well until it started raining about half way there and he turned on
the headlights of his little pickup truck and the brakes on the camper
locked down at 50 miles per hour on wet pavement.

Thanks,
Robert Mull
Woodstock, Georgia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen V. Pruehs" <avpruehs at cac.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Trailer Brakes


>
> Yeah, those intermittent problems are the hardest to find. ;^)
>
>
> At 06:50 AM 3/29/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >You want to make sure you don't hook up electric brakes on your trailer
to
> >the turn signals.  I don't know much about such things but I can tell you
> >that one for a fact.
> >
> >Ol' Rog
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Allen V. Pruehs" <avpruehs at cac.net>
> >To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:26 PM
> >Subject: [AT] Trailer Brakes
> >
> >
> > > I have a trailer that I will be rebuilding this spring. It ia a tandem
> > > dually gooseneck trailer presently equipped with non-functional vacumn
> >over
> > > hydraulic brake system. I have been entertaining the idea of changing
it
> > > over to electric brakes, which I can do for the cost of the vacumn
> > > controller and whatever is needed to repair the system on the trailer.
> > > While doing some research on the net, I came up with an option I had
not
> > > considered. Electric/hydraulic brakes. In theory, they interface with
the
> > > electric brake controller and drive the hydraulic brake system. It
isn't
> > > cheap, but I am curious how well the system functions. Does any one on
the
> > > list have any experience with this type of brakes and how well do they
> > > work? Are they more dependable than electrics? How well do they stop?
I
> > > intendd on using this to haul a couple of tractors to plow days, shows
and
> > > pulls this summer. I would appreciate any feedback that you can offer.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Allen Pruehs
> > > SE Michigan
> > > Oliver, Hart Parr, Cletrac, Orphans & Oddballs
> > >
> > >
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