rickeieio Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 17 hours ago, Randyretired said: Our boat weighs about 3500 to 4000 and the surge / disc brakes have worked well. We pull it with an F250 and have covered a lot of miles. We live in Colorado and I can't think of a pass we haven't been over and we have been in a number of states as well. I was skeptical at first after the negative reviews but I am happy with it. To be clear, I don't mean surge brakes don't work, just that the brakes on that pop-up were in need of some TLC. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imurphy907 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 I love surge brakes. way better than electric for drivability. there are a few up sides to electric thou in being able to apply them as needed. The 5th(blue) wire is supposed to be wired to the reverse circuit. This is to prevent the surge brakes from activating while backing the trailer. I worked in a boat yard for a dozen or so years jockeying around boats and trailers. dealt with this over and over and over. ground running lights left turn right turn aux(reverse) never seen a trailer with electric brakes and surge brakes on a 5 pin harness. but it has been a handful of years since I have been hands on with a boat trailer as my boat doesn't fit on wheels very well. Quote 2016 Road Warrior 420 2001 Volvo VNL 660 Alaska Based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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