Thinking about trading for this...

[Nick The Great]

Keep us posted!

 

[1BADSS396]

The brake controller I have works with electric brakes. You can adjust how much braking pressure is applied to the trailer wheels. You can even manually apply the brakes on the trailer without using your vehicles brakes.

Hydraulic surge work as stated. The pressure at the tongue when you apply vehicle brakes, pushes on a hydraulic plunger to apply trailer brakes. So the harder you stop the harder the trailer brakes are applied.

Thanks, yes, I am very familiar with how hydraulic surge brakes work. Just never had a trailer with electric brakes before.

 

[geektoad]

I'm also only familiar with electric trailer brakes. Surge does the same thing. I guess my point was "as long as the trailer has brakes", so as not to overcook the vehicle brakes. I've done well over a couple hundred pounds over my rated capacity for short stints...Didn't try to climb any mountains, and made sure the trailer had brakes and it was good to go...you'll be fine

 

[dietz4ibanez]

I don't know how heavy your boat is but Earl pulls trailers with bobcats just fine with 3.42 gearing.

Sent from my XT1254

Dry weight of boat is 5100 lbs. so I figure with gas, water, oil, gear and a tandem axle trailer I am right around 7500 lbs.

It's a heavy bitch. My truck works to tow it with 3.73 gears.

I think it'll do fine!


Here's a 5000lb excavator getting pulled on a 2800 pound trailer by Earl with 400k miles on the clock! Earl has 3.42 gears!

 

[CJ Hungus]

What happened?

 

[1BADSS396]

What happened?

Nothing yet.

Waiting for him to figure out what's wrong with the heated seats and get them fixed.

 

[Black02Silverado]

What happened?

Nothing yet.

Waiting for him to figure out what's wrong with the heated seats and get them fixed.

Should be an easy fix, it is either the fuse, switch or heating element. Our 2011 Acadia's driver side heated seat was going out after you turned it on and it turned out to be the element.

 

[1BADSS396]

Update:

He gave up on trying to figure out the heated seats. So, he offered $8500 instead of $8000, adding $500 for not having to fix rear DVD player or heated seats.

I am going to call a dealer tomorrow to find out what the approx cost range for fixing the heated seats is.

I am tentatively planning on driving down on Sat to check it out.

 

[1BADSS396]

Local dealer said between $300-500 depending on what's wrong.

I firmed up my plans to drive down on Sat. It will give me a chance to hang with my buddy who I do not see very often anymore too.

 

[Nick The Great]

Exciting!