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![]() Unlock the latch on the trailer coupler, and then adjust the jack to lower the coupler onto the hitch ball until the weight of the trailer is fully supported by your car. Posted 1:31 PM (58990 - in reply to 58985) Subject: RE: where to attach breakaway brake cable Elite Veteran. If you’ve got a 50-amp hookup, you can use a lot more electricity at one time than you could if you have just a 30-amp hookup. A 30-amp cord has three prongs, and a 50-amp has four. These power cords come in two amperages: 30-amp and 50-amp. If you can, have a friend help guide you and tell you when to stop reversing. This is also known as a shore power connection. Then, reverse your car slowly until the hitch ball is directly under the socket. Using the built-in trailer jack or a regular car jack, raise the metal socket, called the “coupler,” on the end of the trailer to about 2 to 3 inches above the hitch ball on the back of your car. Now it drives me nuts because it’s too thick to bend back and it doesn’t want to hook on to the hitch well anymore. Due to an imprudent pull away while the breakaway cable was still attached, I bent out the S hook on the cable. Stop when the back of the car is around 1 foot away from the front of the trailer. So I have a 2019 175 Alumacraft Competitor, sits on a single axle simple trailer, no brakes of its own. Drive your vehicle forward so it’s directly in front of the trailer, and then slowly reverse as directly in line with the trailer as you can. Mines on the rear bumper at the bottom on a quick hook spring carabiner.To hook up a trailer, move the trailer to an open stretch of driveway if you can, and position it so you can approach it in a straight line with your vehicle. I don't see how the hitch frame would not be a safe bet, but I was of the thought it wasn't allowed as it's not the vehicle. And probably most of us are using the cheaper small ones that are not meant for climbing because they do not have the weight capacity. Petzl P15 I thought it was DOT rule, break away cable goes to vehicle and not tow apparatus. The most common one used by a lot of us to attach the breakaway cable is C or D shaped with a spring loaded gate. It now needs to go to the Hydrastar so Emergency braking ocurs in a breakway condition. Then, in stages, gradually close the opening of the hook using the mole grips doing this takes quite a bit of strength. ![]() Cold side of breakaway would normally go to trailer brake power wires. Starting from the front, feed the new cable (hook end first) back along the original route, and through any guides, then hook it into the ring in the brake mechanism. There are holes on both sides of the hitch that the anchor will fit in. It is also critical that the yellow or blue w/ white striped wire from the Hydrastaractuator is connected to the cold side of the trailer emergency breakaway switch. Mine cost $0 because I had a dividend waiting on my REI account. I'm mostly posting this so you can find something with similar dimensions. Set your Ohm meter to read ohms or continuity and touch the probes to the wire in the center of each cable. Connect the short cable to the cable/antenna jack your TV was connected to. Connect the long cable to the outside jack and then bring the other end into the camper. You could pick up something very similar from any hardware store. Short Cable line (1 foot or less would be best) Steps. I doubt that the Petzl anchor is anything special. For 6 feet you'd instead want the part FA80-01-2160. ![]() This is a universal design that can basically fit any breakaway kit as long as the length of the cable is adequate. (The switch should be located in a place where it can be easily reached in an emergency.) Attach one end of the breakaway cable to the breakaway switch. This switch activates the brakes of the trailer if it should become disconnected. It's the last diameter that is important to ensure that it fits in the hole in the hitch. Yes, you could use the Fastway Zip Coiled Trailer Breakaway Cable FA80-01-2140 that you referenced on your travel trailer. Locate the breakaway switch on the trailer’s tongue. The shaft of the anchor is 7 mm in diameter and the diameter of the threads is 9.75 mm. On my way home I stopped at REI (it was on the way) and picked up a PETZL P15 oval anchor. I made do the first time with something that certainly isn't acceptable. No big deal, the trailer brakes locked up, got out, re-positioned the break away cabling / re attached things and continued the. I personally have caused a 'break away action' while connected to the TV plug because of poor 'length take up' of the cable. Technical Manager Ian Hewlett from the Camping and Caravanning Club's magazine team reveals top tips on how to secure your caravan's breakaway cable correctl. When I hooked up my toy hauler for the first time I was scratching my head on how to attach the trailer brake breakaway cable. I guess it would be nice to have specifics of ones that are known to fail in this 'mode'.
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