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Re: [GMCnet] TOWD BRAKES: How do you Brake your Tow Car? [message #237147 is a reply to message #237127]

Thu, 23 January 2014 10:05

Emery Stora

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Gene

I wonder if your system will brake the toad if your brakes fail on the motorhome?

I went to the Stay in Play site and found this:

"Activation of the towed vehicle's brakes require BOTH deceleration and the brake lights from the motorhome. Once BOTH signals are present, DUO gently applies the brakes."

If you had total brake failure in the motorhome you would not have any deceleration so it would seem you would not have any toad braking either.
That is exactly the problem I saw with the Brake Buddy which also requires deceleration to activate the air piston which applies the toad brakes. That is why I wired a manual switch for an emergency where I might loose the motorhome brakes on a downgrade.

The disconnect switch applies the toad brakes so it was easy to put a switch in series with it to trick the toad into thinking it was disconnected and apply the brakes. I could pulse the switch to apply the toad brakes manually when I needed to. As I said I have never had to use it but it is there "just in case".

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO

On Jan 23, 2014, at 6:26 AM, Gene Dotson <shawnee@charter.net> wrote:

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> Emery,
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> I use a "Stay In Play" towed brake system. It is radio controlled and has its own vacuum pump in the tow vehicle. You never really have to make any connections, although if the car follows the coach and not hooked up every time you put on the brake the car does too. It also brakes proportional to the coach braking. I usually take out the control box when it isn't being towed but you don't have to do it.
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> Gene Dotson
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