Yep - pretty sweet. Only pulled it down the street to a small public park. Leaving here heading towards home on Friday. Going to a tire shop tomorrow to have valve extenders put on the duallys. Need air in tires and can't get it in.

Wish the weather would warm up.

Regards,

Bob

 

Well it'll be in the 70's come Friday Doesnt do you much good I know but... Safe travels to you. I'll be headed to Arizona come Monday with mine. New job out there so...

 

Left Chanute, Kansas this past Friday headed for Springfield, Missouri. Wanted the first day to be short as it's been a while since I've towed a fiver. Truck pulled great in Tow/Haul and EB on in OD (all flat land). Got on I-44 around Joplin and headed northeast - pulled great on the interstate. Was able to maintain 70 even on the slight grades. RPMs are about 1700-1750 at 70 mph in 6th. Only thing I'm not real crazy about is the integrated brake controller. Will most likely change that when I get home. The HH factory in Chanute was really busy so decided not to do anything about it while there. The controller works, I just like to feel it working - maybe it's just because it's different and I'll get used to it. Coolant temp never got above 204 and tranny temp never got above 140 (ambient air temp was 70 degrees). Fiver pulled steady as a rock. Now I just have to learn to back the **** thing...

Thanks for all the responses,

Bob

 

Perfect trailer brakes should feel like it's not even there. My son spread his tools all over the highway when his trailer launched into oncoming traffic on ice. That little precharge put out by the inertia controllers to make you feel like they're working wrecked the day in this case.

I'm swapping mine out for a 1970's Kelsey mechanical controller, hydraulic pressure operating a rheostat, adjusted by spring tension.

Maxbrake does this in a more electronic way, but still keys off actual hydraulic pressure. I dunno about the integrated controllers. I suspect they also key off actual pressure, and maybe even modulate brakes in slippery conditions.

 

I had one of those Kelsey controllers on an old (1984) Ford F-250 diesel - it worked really well.

Been thinking about the Maxbrake but man, are they pricey!

Bob

 

I ran one in the 70's for 100K or so, hauling double decked junk cars on a bumper pull trailer in all weather. Never had a control or stopping problem, as long as I kept the brake shoes up. We ran it hard, wore em out in 30K miles on a regular basis.

I had to disconnect the inertia controller to spot the fiver in the icy yard, or to move an empty boat trailer without digging up the driveway.

There's still a few NOS around to be had. Boxes, instructions, and lines sometimes missing, but that's no big deal.