Yes, you are right - blanket statements aren't good. There are at times, single axle trailers with brakes do exist. . Not required, but single axle trailers with brakes do exist.
I’d venture there is probably a significant amount of people out there pulling a trailer with brakes, hooked to a 7 pin “tow package” that have no idea that they aren’t using the trailer brakes with no controller. Scary when you think about it.
I remember it being used to test the controller setting on my older tekonsha. Basically you drive 25 and trigger the override and it should stop you without locking the trailer up.
Yes and I literally said, “Times might have changed” but you keep skipping past that even when I pontificated it.
Via a signal from the 7 pin connector at the back of the jeep in which the RV plugs into. Isn't that basically what happens when a brake controller is installed?
My trailer has electric brakes as mentioned in the OP and later again in this post.
I think it may help to clarify that gross weight and dry weight are not the same. Per the mfgr site (https://goriversiderv.com/xplorer-165x/), the trailer has a dry weight of 2600lbs and a ccc of 1200lbs for a total gross weight of 3800lbs. In trailers, the gross weight is the max weight the trailer is normally capable of weighing when fully loaded (including all tanks full) without damage.
You would be surprised at how many vehicles with tow packages treat it as an optional accessory. There are plenty of 1500/150 pickups out there with tow packages but no trailer brake controller. It's the "we can sell more accessories" attitude of the industry that screws it up. Coupled with the reality for most vehicles anyway that towing generally consists of a U-Haul trailer (which all braked trailers have surge controllers) or a bike or storage rack... I will try to see if I can find data but I would venture a guess there are also more boats than RV trailers and they generally use surge controllers due to water intrusion concerns.
Correct. I would not tow it with any clear, gray, or black water which if all maxed out would be 700lbs. So with smart packing I should be able to keep it safely under 3500 lbs. I decided on this RV because it is light weight for its size.
Someone in the facebook group said the use an Echo bluetooth controller. That was my question,how easy to access any brake control functions on a phone while driving (if that is a thing.)
Sensitivity is basically set it once and forget it. Only other thing is manual override, since you’ve towed a boat that doesn’t have that option, not having it available would be similar to towing the boat.
When you experience a severe trailer sway event, you do NOT want to apply the tow vehicle brakes, you DO want to reach down and manually apply the trailer brakes with the controller to correct the swaying trailer.
Yeah, saw this during my search, but says it has to be connected through the phone. So all three pieces have to be connected if I understand correctly… streaming BT music is flaky enough, just didn’t want an emergency feature left up to a 3way wireless connection.
Does the JL platform have sway control built into the traction control? I know some vehicles have it and slightly apply a brake here and there when they detect sway.
Yes, they do. It's listed on the window sticker for my '22.
