After some issues I had on a recent road trip with my gooseneck it is time for some major re-wiring for the entire trailer. I have had issues since day one of buying this brand new trailer in 2006 and am tired of pretending its nothing major.
I have a 36' Load Trail gooseneck with a hydraulic beaver tail. It has electric over hydraulic disk brakes and they work like a charm - Except when the on board battery for the hydraulic dove is dead - which is always because the damn break away controller AND the on board hydrualic unit draw constantly on the on board battery even when its not hooked up. Since I had a major tail light malfunction now its time to fix all the problems and be done with it. This trailer has enough scotch lock connectors from the factory to make me puke and the wiring is the only serious complaint I have about the trailer.
So on to my real question - has anyone wired in a relay and some diodes so the onboard breakaway battery and hydraulic control does draw current unless the trailer is hooked to the truck OR the emergency breakaway is activated? I have some ideas on how to do this, but haven't sat down and penciled them all out yet. I was hoping this is a problem that is solved and I can just "copy" (for lack of a better term) the solution and be done with it.
Thanks!
Jason
I have a 36' Load Trail gooseneck with a hydraulic beaver tail. It has electric over hydraulic disk brakes and they work like a charm - Except when the on board battery for the hydraulic dove is dead - which is always because the damn break away controller AND the on board hydrualic unit draw constantly on the on board battery even when its not hooked up. Since I had a major tail light malfunction now its time to fix all the problems and be done with it. This trailer has enough scotch lock connectors from the factory to make me puke and the wiring is the only serious complaint I have about the trailer.
So on to my real question - has anyone wired in a relay and some diodes so the onboard breakaway battery and hydraulic control does draw current unless the trailer is hooked to the truck OR the emergency breakaway is activated? I have some ideas on how to do this, but haven't sat down and penciled them all out yet. I was hoping this is a problem that is solved and I can just "copy" (for lack of a better term) the solution and be done with it.
Thanks!
Jason