So, what is everybody towing?

[chorky]

If the weight of my JD is any indication, that's not a light tractor.



But they are like Jeep - check out the resale value on a used Deere. Farm tractors, utility tractors, lawn tractors - they run forever and hold value like nothing else in their class.

My neighbor is still running one he bought about the same time I bought the unit before the one we have now - 16 years and his still operates like new.
Mine is now 10 years old and just this year blew the deck gear box. Maybe partly my fault, will never know, but 10 years and 0 maintenance expenses other than 1 battery, oil, filters, etc. ain't bad. So other than oil and filters and such, it's cost me a whopping $460 in ten years as far as repairs.

60" deck you unlatch and lower and drive backwards off it. To reattach, you drive forward over the deck and hook the front hanger back up. Minutes each way.

Anyway, I'd have to use my car hauler or borrow my neighbor's trailer to haul mine anywhere. Luckily the dealer has pickup and delivery if we actually have a major need I can't fix.

I definitely don't deny they are good machines. We have one at work and it's great. They're just above my pay grade - or well rather, don't make the cost benefit analysis with only having a large lot in town. Even a Kubota is too much for me. Bobcat is cheaper. The company my neighbor works for uses almost exclusively bobcat and they are super hard on their equipment and used commercially. So far they have never had a major breakdown. I think the controls is where the difference is. The Deere is just fine tuned and smooth and precise - from what I have experienced anyway. Whereas the others are less so of course. Like anything else, the high quality stuff is just going to be more. For comparison, I did price out a Deere of the same tractor I looked at from Bobcat and it was more than $15,000 more, for the same size and capabilities.

It's a bummer that the days of the old lawn tractors with backhoe and front loader attachments are no longer.

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[Mbryson]

Headed north if I can get any current for the brake controller

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Headed north if I can get any current for the brake controller

Current? Which controller? In cab or Curt Echo?

 

[Mbryson]

Current? Which controller? In cab or Curt Echo?

Power to the controller. I don't have power at the factory harness. Fuse 36 and 37 appear to be good (I've swapped them back and forth---not a fan of those box type fuses)

tekonsha controller

 

[Viper501]

I briefly towed this recently.

 

[azmojave]

I briefly towed this recently.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Power to the controller. I don't have power at the factory harness. Fuse 36 and 37 appear to be good (I've swapped them back and forth---not a fan of those box type fuses)

tekonsha controller

Odd.
F36 is the fuse for the Bg/Rd (beige/red) wire in the Jeep's harness that goes to the controller module harness.
F37 is the hot line that goes back to the 7 pin connector that provides power/12volts all the time.
And Tekonsha should have the correct JT harness, so that shouldn't be a problem (we suspect they made the controller for MOPAR because the connectors are the same)

A is the hot wire fed by 37 and goes straight back to the connector at the rear.
The + (4) is the hot from 36 that feeds the brake controller (blue box below)
2 is the brake line signal from the ABS module to the brake controller
1 is ground for the controller
3 is brake feed from the controller TO the trailer in back.

 

[gouacats]

Taxa Mantis. 3000lbs empty. No problem through Blue Ridge Mountains.

Ooh! I've had my eye on a Mantis. Might be my next trailer in a few years. I assume you're happy with it?

 

[Mbryson]

Odd.
F36 is the fuse for the Bg/Rd (beige/red) wire in the Jeep's harness that goes to the controller module harness.
F37 is the hot line that goes back to the 7 pin connector that provides power/12volts all the time.
And Tekonsha should have the correct JT harness, so that shouldn't be a problem (we suspect they made the controller for MOPAR because the connectors are the same)

A is the hot wire fed by 37 and goes straight back to the connector at the rear.
The + (4) is the hot from 36 that feeds the brake controller (blue box below)
2 is the brake line signal from the ABS module to the brake controller
1 is ground for the controller
3 is brake feed from the controller TO the trailer in back.

Pretty odd as I'm not getting any power on the OEM parton of the trailer brake connector harness. The stupid box fuses are $5 instead of the normal mini cartridge fuses that are $.20.

I'd feel better if I could get any power to the factory harness and then trouble shoot the purchased pigtail to the controller....

Annoyed with something so stupid holding me up on the brake controller



Edit: I flip flopped the blue and black wire on the Tekonsha 3024-P harness and have it wired now how the brake controller expects it to be. Not sure when I'll tow next but who knows

 

[RudeJeepin]

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Pretty odd as I'm not getting any power on the OEM parton of the trailer brake connector harness. The stupid box fuses are $5 instead of the normal mini cartridge fuses that are $.20.

I'd feel better if I could get any power to the factory harness and then trouble shoot the purchased pigtail to the controller....

Annoyed with something so stupid holding me up on the brake controller



Edit: I flip flopped the blue and black wire on the Tekonsha 3024-P harness and have it wired now how the brake controller expects it to be. Not sure when I'll tow next but who knows

When using the Redarc controller with their early harness (RAM) you had to flip the wires around. Then after I chatted with them about it, they came out with a JT specific harness - wires already reversed. I've got pics of how I had to switch the wires around on the Redarc harness.
The JT has it different than RAM and yet the connector itself is the same.

The 3024-P is a Ram harness, so yeah, it's wired differently than the JT so you had to switch the same wires I did on the Redarc Ram harness.

 

[AMM]

Saw this Saturday morning in Vegas

Curious to see what goes on the trailer

 

[Technomancer]

Was towing it with my 4xE, now I'm towing it with my Mojave.

 

[DoctorDecoy]

dropping this guy in the water today

 

[Ogre_FL]

Staying WELL within my tow capacity.
In fact it its the only thing I have towed that has no notable impact on the fuel economy.

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