[Rhodes22-list] trailering

[Peter Thorn]

Chris,

Not the safety chains, the Weight Distributing Hitch chains - the one
holding the springs that throw weight to the truck's front wheels.  Someone
mentioned that they might interfere with the surge actuator - but I don't
think they do.

Michael at Triad said he uses a type of drum brakes that will not lock on
backing up.  It sounds like yours may need an adjustment.

Been sailing yet?

PT



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Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] trailering


> I am a bit confused with the "chain Problem" affecting the surge brakes.
I
> crossed them over each other to prevent the tongue from dropping to the
> pavement and they hange about 4-5 inches from the road when traveling.
The
> compression stroke is fairly short, maybe 4 inches.  The only problem was
when I was
> putting the trailer and boat onto the RV pad which has a fairly steep
incline up
> to it.  As I was maneuvering the breaks would lock up ocasionally but only
> briefly.
>
> During the actual trip there were no problems.  I would tap the breaks a
bit
> more abruptly to acuate the trailer breaks and then apply steady pressure.
I
> seldom needed to break more than once every 1/2 mile so on a 6% downgrade
> because the wind resistance seem to keep the speed down below 60mph most
of the
> time and the truck was in either 4th or 3rd gear (I have a manual
transmission
> obviously).
>
> Hope this answers your questions.
>
> Chris
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