trailer brakes

[dwinch53]

Good morning....I do not have a brake controller hooked up yet....When I go to back up with trailer hooked up it seems that the brakes are on I cannot back up at all...I can pull it forward with no effort...the only way to back up is to unplug the round electric connector...Help thanx

[menoble]

Could it be your truck's back up light hot wire is going to your trailer's brake wire?

[dwinch53]

Ya know that could just be...I need to do a little wiring today..in preperation for the brake controller when it arrives...I will pull look at both connectors today and see how they line up....Thanx for the reply...have a good one...

[menoble]

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Originally Posted by dwinch53 Ya know that could just be...I need to do a little wiring today..in preperation for the brake controller when it arrives...I will pull look at both connectors today and see how they line up....Thanx for the reply...have a good one...

It wouldn't be the first time somebody miswired the truck connector and 'corrected' the problem by changing the trailer plug

[dwinch53]

Well I went out and took the truck electrical connector apart and found out that the back up light was wired into the trailer brake....it is all good now, thanx for the post

[menoble]

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Originally Posted by dwinch53 Well I went out and took the truck electrical connector apart and found out that the back up light was wired into the trailer brake....it is all good now, thanx for the post

I have a funny story about the time I picked up a trailer and the turn signal was wired to the brakes....