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  1. pmramsey

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Heavy Duty Pickup

    I built the featured system 10 years ago. I am still using it as needed. I have looked all these years for just such a controller but I have not been successful. Let me know if you find one. I still cannot caution you enough on the use of such a device. It is one thing to use something like...
  2. pmramsey

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Heavy Duty Pickup

    Given my low level of experience, I would not want to build something for someone else. Sorry...
  3. pmramsey

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Heavy Duty Pickup

    I do keep a 50-foot air hose with gage on the Dodge and it couples to the emergency side of the compressor output. I use it for checking tire pressures and I even use it to run a small partical blaster for removing rust scale on small rust areas on trailers. It works about as good an hooking up...
  4. pmramsey

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Heavy Duty Pickup

    Frankly, I knew far less than I needed to know but that is nothing new for me. The entire controller is at best a cob job. I first looked at the electric controller already mounted on the Dodge. Once I saw how the electric controller interfaced with the Dodge's brakes, we then worked backwards...
  5. pmramsey

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Heavy Duty Pickup

    I removed the electric trailer brake controller mounted in the Dodge and replaced it with the air brake controller. The air brakes are engaged when the truck brakes are applied. The trailer brake response time is adjusted manually at the compressor and it is done according to the trailer and its...
  6. pmramsey

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Heavy Duty Pickup

    Trailer Air Brakes for a Dodge Pickup Yes, the big pickups can pull an M105, 30 KW gen-sets, a pair of 10 KW gen-sets, and even a 2.5 ton M1082A1 trailer but how well can the vehicle stop it and can it be done safely. This is especially important since I do not run a dully Dodge. Its a 2500...
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