> Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 17:15:07 -0500
> From: Ken & Virginia Fitzgerald
> Subject: GMC: Toad Brakes
>
> Fellow GMC'ers
> Check out this site for toad brakes,
> www.usgear.com and click on unified brake.
> Ken & Virginia Fitzgerald
> 75GB OKLA
Ken,
This might prove to be an excellent toad brake system.
Years ago we towed a 1979 31 foot Excella Airstream trailer which had a
similar setup about 30,000 miles with a hopped up 454 Suburban.
A hose supplied engine vacuum and the brake controller an electrical signal
to the Airstream which had four wheel hydraulic disk brakes. The trailer
master cylinder was actuated by a vacuum assisted electric solenoid. I
recall the brake controller was a special electronic unit seemingly more
complex than most.
One summer we crossed the continental divide 18 times between New Mexico and
Fairbanks Alaska so it got fairly well tested in the mountainous West,
always with excellent results.
We felt the combination would stop shorter than the Suburban alone, but
never had any real proof.
Parts might still be available from Airstream for those who want to roll
their own.
Don Miller
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
> From: Ken & Virginia Fitzgerald
> Subject: GMC: Toad Brakes
>
> Fellow GMC'ers
> Check out this site for toad brakes,
> www.usgear.com and click on unified brake.
> Ken & Virginia Fitzgerald
> 75GB OKLA
Ken,
This might prove to be an excellent toad brake system.
Years ago we towed a 1979 31 foot Excella Airstream trailer which had a
similar setup about 30,000 miles with a hopped up 454 Suburban.
A hose supplied engine vacuum and the brake controller an electrical signal
to the Airstream which had four wheel hydraulic disk brakes. The trailer
master cylinder was actuated by a vacuum assisted electric solenoid. I
recall the brake controller was a special electronic unit seemingly more
complex than most.
One summer we crossed the continental divide 18 times between New Mexico and
Fairbanks Alaska so it got fairly well tested in the mountainous West,
always with excellent results.
We felt the combination would stop shorter than the Suburban alone, but
never had any real proof.
Parts might still be available from Airstream for those who want to roll
their own.
Don Miller
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
