General vehicle thread

[00tec]

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.

DIY.

It's not rocket surgery

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

[Great-Kazoo]

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.

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.

[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.

[newracer]

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.

The adapter will not provide brake control or charging.

[Great-Kazoo]

The adapter will not provide brake control or charging.

Then he can rewire it, or can he?

[sakserv]

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.

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.

[sakserv]

DIY.

It's not rocket surgery

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

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.

[00tec]

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.

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.

[sakserv]

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.

The trailer I'm looking to pull is a PJ 18' tandem axle utility trailer. It comes with brakes. I plan to pull both an ATV and 4 person side by side behind a 2019 suburban.

I'd also like to pull the same trailer with JUST the atv behind my Jeep Wrangler

[00tec]

The trailer I'm looking to pull is a PJ 18' tandem axle utility trailer. It comes with brakes. I plan to pull both an ATV and 4 person side by side behind a 2019 suburban.

I'd also like to pull the same trailer with JUST the atv behind my Jeep Wrangler

You're gonna have to squeeze those on there pretty tight. Sounds like just barely enough trailer, depending on the SXS

7 pin isn't that hard to wire in. You will just need to add the +12v to charge the trailer in your situation. Trailer likely doesn't have reverse lights, and that Curt deal will provide the brake signal.