General vehicle thread

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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy

Guy drowned flying a paraglider.

https://www.kktv.com/2021/07/03/cpw-...eblo-saturday/

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Sad. Two friends having fun. Guy that died was foot dragging across the lake and went down. He did not have a floatation device on his motor. His friend went in the water at a separate location doing tip touches. He had a floatation device and walked away. Some advanced stuff but accidents do happen.

Anyone know of a place around the Boulder area that will convert my 4 pin trailer hookup to 7 pin for a reasonable cost? Looking to buy a utility trailer with brakes for an ATV and need to convert mine.

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Originally Posted by sakserv

Anyone know of a place around the Boulder area that will convert my 4 pin trailer hookup to 7 pin for a reasonable cost? Looking to buy a utility trailer with brakes for an ATV and need to convert mine.

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DIY.

It's not rocket surgery

You will need a trailer brake controller in the tow vehicle.

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Originally Posted by sakserv

Anyone know of a place around the Boulder area that will convert my 4 pin trailer hookup to 7 pin for a reasonable cost? Looking to buy a utility trailer with brakes for an ATV and need to convert mine.

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DIY. It's as simple as plug n play.
https://www.amazon.com/4-pin-7-trail...railer+adapter


OR rewire. if you can disassemble your guns for cleaning. This should be easy.

https://autocardesign.org/4-pin-to-7...iring-diagram/





great-kazoo just saved you $100.

Trailer brakes to haul an atv seems like overkill but to each their own.

I?m guessing the tow vehicle is something smaller than a half ton truck?

Seems most half ton and larger trucks have come standard with the larger plugs for years now.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

DIY. It's as simple as plug n play.
https://www.amazon.com/4-pin-7-trail...railer+adapter


OR rewire. if you can disassemble your guns for cleaning. This should be easy.

https://autocardesign.org/4-pin-to-7...iring-diagram/





great-kazoo just saved you $100.

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The adapter will not provide brake control or charging.

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Originally Posted by newracer

The adapter will not provide brake control or charging.

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Then he can rewire it, or can he?

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Originally Posted by ray1970

Trailer brakes to haul an atv seems like overkill but to each their own.


I?m guessing the tow vehicle is something smaller than a half ton truck?


Seems most half ton and larger trucks have come standard with the larger plugs for years now.

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It is a 2015 jeep wrangler. They still only come with a 4 pin. I'm new to pulling trailers and most all of those come with brakes these days, so might as well use. :)

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Originally Posted by 00tec

DIY.

It's not rocket surgery

You will need a trailer brake controller in the tow vehicle.

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Thanks, I do have one of the Curt bluetooth brake controllers so I can move it between my two tow vehicles. Seems everyone feels it is straight forward to DIY, so I'll look into that option.

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Originally Posted by sakserv

It is a 2015 jeep wrangler. They still only come with a 4 pin. I'm new to pulling trailers and most all of those come with brakes these days, so might as well use. :)

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Most ATV trailers will not have brakes unless it is a 4+ place trailer.
You will need a brake controller of some sort.

To be honest though, if you're pulling something big enough to need brakes, you need a bigger tow vehicle

Edit: you beat me to the post on the brake controller. Should be fairly easy to wire up.