79 terry taurus: did they come equipted with trailer brakes

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gtaonlineauto@rogers.com - 22 Jun 2006 03:59 GMT

i have a 79 terry taurus that needs to be moved.Were they originnally
equitpted with electric trailer brakes.the one i have hasnt moved in 20
years so i will replace bearings tires axcel's if nessary but im unsure
about brakes .I need to use rental truck so don't really know how thats
gonna work

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William Boyd - 22 Jun 2006 04:19 GMT

>i have a 79 terry taurus that needs to be moved.Were they originnally
>equitpted with electric trailer brakes.the one i have hasnt moved in 20
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The rental truck will have to have an electric brake control. I had a
pretty old Terry and it had electric brakes.
after you clean every thing up and replace the bearings, the brakes are
easy to test with a lawn mower battery,
or larger. just ground the battery to the frame and with the wheel off
the ground spin it and put power to the brake wire.
I cannot remember if my Terry had the breakaway system or not, but if
you have it, make sure the battery is charged
up and snap the break away out when the wheels are spinning. Of course
this is not a 100% assurance that the brakes will stop the trailer, but
it is a positive operational test before a road test.

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gtaonlineauto@rogers.com - 22 Jun 2006 04:57 GMT

thats grear advice thank you very much. although I'm not sure what you
ment by brakeaway system?

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RonB - 23 Jun 2006 18:16 GMT

> thats grear advice thank you very much. although I'm not sure what you
> ment by brakeaway system?

It operates from switch mounted on the trailer. Most have a plunger that
keeps the switch open. The plunger has a length of cable or chain; the
forward end of which is attached to your vehicle. If you you loose the
trailer the cable pulls the plunger out of the switch and activates you
trailer brakes. You must have a good on-board trailer battery for the
system to work. Obviously your trailer is in real trouble if this happens.
It is intended to protect all of those other folks.

RonB

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Jim Redelfs - 24 Jun 2006 01:03 GMT

>> brakeaway system?

> Obviously your trailer is in real trouble if this happens.

Yep, that's about as bad as it gets. :(

I have seen several lash-ups where the lanyard was secured to the HITCH
ASSEMBLY on the tow vehicle. It is NOT supposed to be attached to that.

The breakaway lanyard is supposed to be attached to some OTHER part of the tow
vehicle.

Breakaways are relatively few. However, as I understand it, of those that DO
happen, many occur when the hitch assembly separates from the tow vehicle. As
you can see, attaching a breakaway lanyard to this assembly, in such a case,
would probably NOT activate the breakaway system.

> It is intended to protect all of those other folks.

Thank-you. Too often we forget that how we drive - and tow - can affect many
OTHERS in the unfortunate event of an accident.

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Advocate - 22 Jun 2006 04:47 GMT

>i have a 79 terry taurus that needs to be moved.Were they originnally
> equitpted with electric trailer brakes.the one i have hasnt moved in 20
> years so i will replace bearings tires axcel's if nessary but im unsure
> about brakes .I need to use rental truck so don't really know how thats
> gonna work

Yes, they came with electric brakes.

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