A Frame Towing Breaking

[GSKeeper]

G'day All,

Has anyone had any experience with setting up a breaking system for a S2A while being towed by an A-Frame.

I have the design for the A-Frame etc but as the S2a is obviously over 750kg, not sure how to provide breaking, maybe an enertia overide on the A-Frame connected to the handbreak???

Any ideas welcome.

Cheers

Ben

[djam1]

No the hand brake would be a bad idea its transmission mounted and not designed to pull the vehicle up.
I cant answer your question though usually they were towed behind graders and the like and it didn't matter.

[disco2hse]

Has anyone had any experience with setting up a breaking system for a S2A while being towed by an A-Frame?

I assume you mean "braking" and not "breaking".

Of course get your "braking" system wrong and you could see yourself "breaking" your SIIA.

[GSKeeper]

I see what you mean djam1, but I must admit that I've used the handbreak to pull me up on a few occasions when the standard S2A "braking" system was "broken"

And thanks for the "spelin" lesson disco2hse :p

Ben

[disco2hse]

And thanks for the "spelin" lesson disco2hse :p

No problemo, just while Ron's out of action ;)

Just about the braking. I don't think you need to worry about it. Many vehicles are towed with A-frames and no additional braking is required.

[101RRS]

This will get you started

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trailers-vans-campers/70850-frame-towing.html

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/19329-towing-frame.html

Garry

[GSKeeper]

Thanks for the links Garry. Plenty to ponder!

I think as you say that it would probably a lot "easier" legally to use a trailer, it's just that the A-Frame principal is so simple:


No extra cost of purchase / rego for a trailer
Less weight on the towing vehicle
No problems of where to park/store the trailer at the end use point
Being able to dismantle the A-Frame and take it with you in case of a breakdown etc.
It's just the issue of being able to activate the brakes in the towed vehicle from the towing vehicle??? This seems to be the biggest hurdle.

Cheers

Ben

[bee utey]

You need to have the towed vehicle registered and there need to be lights on the back. A long cable and lights bar like boaties use is good for this.
Adapting an electric actuator to the brake would be the fun part. At least you can then plan a break-away system where the towed vehicle battery operates the actuator in event of failure of the A frame.

[101RRS]

There are plenty of motor homes driving around towing suzukis on A frames - so there must be commercially available equipment to activate the brakes - they cannot all be bodged jobs.

Maybe check with the Winnebago company for their advice.

This answers the brake issue - override brakes up too 200kg and I assume electric for heavier vehicles. http://www.hitchngo.com.au/faqs.htm

Garry