Okay, this is self-admittedly ignorant, but do most people who steal trailers approach the theft with all equipment that the job might demand; i.e. beyond bolt cutters, acetylene torches, etc. would they also have a spare pin to insert into the safety breakaway module allowing the trailer brakes to disengage?
I'm laughing, because the first morning we went to pull out from our camping site following our first overnight in our new trailer, it took me 30 frantic-filled minutes to figure out why I couldn't steal my own trailer since the brakes were locked . . . thank god my wife said, well, what about that brake switch thingy? Popped the pin into the module. Wallah!
By the way, if and when I misplace the pin, will cutting, or somehow disconnecting the breakaway module result in a full release of the trailer brake? (sorry for the slight diversion from the core topic, here)
jkhnc wrote: Okay, this is self-admittedly ignorant, but do most people who steal trailers approach the theft with all equipment that the job might demand; i.e. beyond bolt cutters, acetylene torches, etc. would they also have a spare pin to insert into the safety breakaway module allowing the trailer brakes to disengage?
I'm laughing, because the first morning we went to pull out from our camping site following our first overnight in our new trailer, it took me 30 frantic-filled minutes to figure out why I couldn't steal my own trailer since the brakes were locked . . . thank god my wife said, well, what about that brake switch thingy? Popped the pin into the module. Wallah!
By the way, if and when I misplace the pin, will cutting, or somehow disconnecting the breakaway module result in a full release of the trailer brake? (sorry for the slight diversion from the core topic, here)
Actually, electric brakes are not designed to be parking brakes... The electromagnetics are not 100% demand designs.
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