Thread: toad brakes?!
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Old 02-10-2016, 03:52 PM   #18
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They offer a breakaway for that installation that pulls and holds the brake cable with a separate cable.
which requires additional installation (hole in the firewall) and additional hardware.



the nice thing about the BrakeBuddy Vantage & Roadmaster Patriot systems is that the brake away is activated by a switch (absence of the switch cause an electrical closed circuit) which activates the Brake system inside the toad.


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I think there is some travel to work with. Bear in mind, I don't have one yet. I'm just doing the diligence.
the instructional video says no more than 2 inches of slack in the cable...but if you have that much slack in the cable and the activation occurs w/in 3/4 of an inch i don't see how your gonna get activation of the cable. Maybe I'm being too logical - 2 inches of slack and 3/4 of an inch activation means theres still at least 1 1/4 inches of slack.

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