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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:42:26 -0500, Gene Kearns
. wrote: On 8 Nov 2004 08:18:30 -0800, (kruliczek) wrote: Hi I always hate this kind of thing but mindless ignorance by bussiness people? You'd think the customer was the first concern , not his almighty buck... I'll share another poor business practice with you... perpetrated on boaters by sales, maintenance, detailers, storage, etc ..... Many, perhaps most, of us have surge brakes and use the back-up light circuit to keep from backing with the brakes on.... many of the above stated use equipment (a tractor, for example) not suited to release the brakes and consequently back your trailer and boat with the brakes full-on.... I think my last pads, calipers, and backing plates were damaged by just such careless behavior. Gene I have disc brakes on my trailer too. I have been kicking around the idea of replacing my existing hitch with one that works with the backup lights. My existing hitch has a mechanical lever to lock it in the "backup" direction but it seems to pop out when I put a lot of pressure on it. I store my boat through the winter months in a controlled climate section of a limestone mine. I use the express check-in, just drop off the boat and they park it in the mine for me. My concern and it sounds like I am right is that the electronic backup locks don't have a provision for mechanically locking out the brakes for backing up. When I drop the boat off now, I use nylon ties to make sure the lock for the backup is held in position so the boat jockeys don't damage the brakes. Does yours have a mechanical reverse lockout or is it strictly done electrically? Regards John S I would rather be boating! |
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