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Originally Posted by upnorth
My trailer has surge brakes that are deactivated when I put the vehicle in reverse. (Apprarently, there is some sort of solenoid valve in the surge brake system that is energized when the back-up lights come on -- the wire from the trailer plugs into a lead that is tapped into the reverse lights).
So, I think I need to keep the trailer plugged in so I can back up. Unless the advice would be that given the trailer clearly should be urged away from the truck once I'm at the ramp so that the brakes shouldn't come on (i.e., heading down away from the truck), it would be ok at that point to unplug the trailer??
Thoughts?
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My trailer is equipped with a solenoid that locks out the surge brakes when the vehicle is in reverse. (Its activiated by a lead off the back up lights). However, there is a pin that can be inserted in the coupler to manually lockout the surge brakes. Just make sure that once you are going to pull instead of push your trailer, you remove the pin so that the brakes are active.
Btw my trailer is a Four Winns, but I'd check and see if you can disable the brakes if you're lights aren't sealed and you want to extend their life.