Attn hotshotters/heavy haulers

[Russknh]

Since the rear wiring harness(trailer tow) is now being controlled by the ecm for its load carrying capacities are you guys that tow long or many trailers using the stock wiring ran to a gooseneck/5th wheel location or are you using a banked set of Bosch or Hella relays powered by a wire from the battery to keep problems down when using a heavy light load?

 

[steved]

I would run relays if it was something that affected mine... that way I could run as many lights as I wanted and tow as many trailers as I wanted.



steved

 

[cojhl2]

I would run relays if it was something that affected mine... that way I could run as many lights as I wanted and tow as many trailers as I wanted.



steved

Another reason for doing this the way steved does is to isolate the problems a strange trailer may have in it's wiring. Better to let a separate circuit breaker take the load than screw up the towrig circuits.

 

[fj40dave]

I'm thinking of getting a 5th wheel/gooseneck set-up for my next trailer.



Are you saying that in wiring to this set-up, you would use a seperate source for the "power" wire in the 7 pin arrangement ie:



6 pin's are from the stock wiring loom - routed to the 5th wheel hitch area - and the "power" source wire is direct feed through a relay from the battery?



Dave

 

[cojhl2]

I'm thinking of getting a 5th wheel/gooseneck set-up for my next trailer.



Are you saying that in wiring to this set-up, you would use a seperate source for the "power" wire in the 7 pin arrangement ie:



6 pin's are from the stock wiring loom - routed to the 5th wheel hitch area - and the "power" source wire is direct feed through a relay from the battery?



Dave

I don't know how others do it, but I run all 7pin wires from a separate power source (circuit breakerd(sp)) from the battery. Then I have relays (the continous duty starter type) fired from the wires (T-connector) at the back of the pickup.



The 7pin has no power from pickup circuits. everything is relay fired.

 

[HBarlow]

I use the factory wiring harness and receptacle with an extension from the rear under-bumper receptacle for fifth wheels and have pulled numerous Keystones, Travel Supremes, Alfas, Tetons, Crossroads, Jaycos, Weekend Warriers, one Dutchmen, and several other brands I've forgotten.



I don't see any need for adding cost and complexity.



Harvey

 

[cojhl2]

I use the factory wiring harness and receptacle with an extension from the rear under-bumper receptacle for fifth wheels and have pulled numerous Keystones, Travel Supremes, Alfas, Tetons, Crossroads, Jaycos, Weekend Warriers, one Dutchmen, and several other brands I've forgotten.



I don't see any need for adding cost and complexity.



Harvey

As long as you are pulling factory equip,, and probably new most of the time the problems are a lot different than hooking up to farm trailers where you have no idea where the wiring has been.



Also I like lots of lights. .



Nothing is prettier than having a cattle hauler come up behind you in the night then and passing you like you are in reverse,, Lights ablazing!!!

 

[Prairie Dog]

With an 06 all it takes is a short circuit in your trailer wiring and it's a trip to a dealer to reset the TPIM so they work again. If you can find a dealer that knows how to do it that is, none in my area have any idea.

 

[Bob4x4]

With an 06 all it takes is a short circuit in your trailer wiring and it's a trip to a dealer to reset the TPIM so they work again. If you can find a dealer that knows how to do it that is, none in my area have any idea.

The number of resets is limited and doesn't always work... ... ... There is a flash that raises the amperage before it blows but the number is still limited. All it takes is one trip with an intermittnat short to use up your allotment of trips then it's time to buy a tipm.



Bob

 

[cojhl2]

The number of resets is limited and doesn't always work... ... ... There is a flash that raises the amperage before it blows but the number is still limited. All it takes is one trip with an intermittnat short to use up your allotment of trips then it's time to buy a tipm.



Bob

Jeez,, thats kinda short sighted of the designers isn't it?? But you are right Bob,, trailers with wear and tear seem to have wiring problems.



I have a fairly new (4yrs old) H&H and this summer what the heck the lights developed a short. But with that circuit breaker I was blinking the trailer and no affect on the pickup.



Haven't had time to fix the short yet, but when I got home I clipped the clearance lights wire. Gotta get back to WA and get those lights back on.



In addition I forgot to say I have a 12ga protection fuseable link in front of the circuit breaker.



My most important objective is to completely isolate foreign (read trailers and extra lights) connections from the pickup wiring.