Video Transcript for Review of Dexter Brake Actuator - Surge Brake Actuator - DX47FR

Hi everybody. Steven here with etrailer.com. Folks, today we're looking at the Dexter DX7 .5L A-60L surge brake actuator. This is gonna be for drum brakes. It's gonna work with a two inch ball and it comes already primed for you to paint. It's ready for 7,500 pounds.

Folks, this is gonna be, again, a surge brake actuator. If you're not sure what that means, basically it simply activates your trailer's drum brakes when your tow vehicle slows down or makes a stop so there's no brake controller needed. So it's using the inertia that's then pushing the fluid back to the brakes and slowing the trailer down that way. Now you can separately purchase a manual lockout pin that lets you back up without locking up the trailer brakes. And that's sold separately, item number DX49FR.

Now this is gonna be a nice sleek design. As you can see, it's low profile and everything. And the coupler latch that's flush with the actuator body. So again, it's a nice low profile. It's gonna give you a reliable and secured connection.

Now this latch mechanism only engages when the hitch ball is fully seated and then you have that safety pin on there on both sides that keeps it secure, enclosed around the ball. So even if this latch popped up, let's say, for some rare reason, that safety pin in there is still gonna keep that ball from coming undone. Everything here is rust and corrosion resistant. Again, it's been primed, so all you need to do is get it painted, whatever color you want after you got it installed. Now the master seal that that's inside here is an aluminum construction, so that's gonna help prevent rust and those kind of things unlike some of the older models out there that use cast steel.

Now you can get a fill cap sold separately, that'll prevent fluid contamination and that basically goes up here on top. You do have a basic little cap on there as well, so just keep that in mind, but if you want that hard black plastic cover that is sold separately. You get the breakaway cable with the included S hook. And if you don't know, basically this gets hooked up right pretty much where your safety chains are. And they prevent a catastrophe of some sort of unhook. This would automatically pull and apply the brakes if you had a breakaway to keep everything safe. So this is gonna work on top of a three inch wide tongue. Again, it uses a two inch ball and use this trailers with hydraulic drum brakes only. So electric brakes, you don't wanna use something like this. It's approximately 17.5 inches long overall, and about 4 and 3/16ths inches tall. And once again, the gross towing weight is 7,500 pounds. And that's gonna wrap it up for our look together. I'm Steven, as always stay safe while you're towing.