Confidently haul up to 10 tons with this actuator behind you engaging your trailer's disc brakes. EZ-Latch coupler makes coupling a snap. Primed and ready for for a custom paint job after the actuator is welded on. Proudly made in the USA.
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If your trailer isn't married to just one tow vehicle, this Demco actuator will be a great option for you. Just keep in mind that it doesn't have a reverse lockout on it to keep your brakes from locking up.
Few things matter in towing as much as a secure connection to your hitch ball. The thing of it is, some coupler latches don't really have a way to show you that they have a firm grasp on the hitch ball. You either just have to eyeball it or try to wiggle the coupler latch until it closes. And if you opt for just trusting your coupler and assuming it's on there, you might not notice the gap between the ball and your coupler's ball socket, an issue known as highballing, until it's too late and you lose your trailer on the highway.
That won't be an issue with the EZ-Latch on this Demco actuator. Just center your coupler over the hitch ball, and lower your trailer tongue as you normally would.
As the coupler's socket slowly accepts the hitch ball, you'll see the latch rise. Keep lowering your trailer tongue until you hear the metalic clink . When you do, you'll know for certain that you've got a good, strong connection, without the need to tug or wiggle the latch into place. This gets you on the road a little bit quicker and with a lot more confidence.
The EZ-latch is so easy to use that you don't even need a safety pin to keep the ball secured inside the socket. But you can, as a theft deterrent, put a locking pin through the dedicated hole on the side of the coupler.
You might see the phrase "hard plastic" and think, how durable could that really be? But the truth is, it's tougher than it looks and you'll probably never break it.
Its real name is acetal copolymer. It has a self-lubricating surface. It's extremely resilient, durable, and smooth. And it wears well over time. In fact, this same can even be found in some automotive applications, making it perfectly suited for a telescoping brake actuator on a boat trailer.
When you slow to a stop as you're towing, momentum pushes your trailer toward the rear of your vehicle. When this happens, the surge brake actuator compresses the master cylinder inside, which forces it to push hydraulic fluid out to your brake lines, ultimately engaging your trailer brakes. When you start moving again, the actuator will telescope back out, stopping the flow of fluid back to the brakes and allowing your trailer's wheels to start rolling again.
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Hello, neighbors, it's Brad here from etrailer and today I'm in Boyden, Iowa at the Demco headquarters and manufacturing facility where we got to see Demco products made. And these are all products that I handle on a daily basis when doing flat tows, fifth wheels, or even couplers. They cover so many different towing products and they have plenty of experts here to break down some of their products a little bit more to give you some understanding as well as allow me to ask those questions on products that I handle every day. So, Carter, what do we have here So, this is DA86 brake actuator model. This one is designed for disc brakes. We do also offer for drum brakes, as well, depending on what your trailer actually has on itself.
The nice thing about our actuators, they are all hydraulic-based, so they are all inertia-based. As you back up with the trailer, the brakes are applied as you back up and then going forward, obviously, when you come to a stop, the inertia on the inner slide tube itself will engage this as it's necessary. That will allow the brake fluid inside of the master cylinder reservoir here to go throughout the brakes. Brad So, what's the typical application for this So, this one here, this would be on smaller utility trailers, marine trailers, boat trailers. Obviously, with that as well, the plated finish here, a lot of marine applications will use that to prevent rusting.
That's kind of the main user for this. This is a light duty, so this is actually rated at 8,600 pounds. We do offer anything from 7,000 up to 20,000-pound actuators. So if I'm adding this to a trailer or replacing an old one, what's installation look like Yeah, so this one itself is a standard three-hole application. A lot of OEMs out there, trailer manufacturers out there, will have this standard three-bolt system on it.
We do have weld-on features, as well. A-frame options, definitely depends on what your trailer has as far as the application goes. We do kind of pride ourselves on flexibility with mounting applications, as well. So, it's designed to mount on a standard three-inch tongue, that's kind of industry standard out in the market. Basically, with this one, obviously, you'll have those three bolts that will allow you to take your existing one off, put this one on and away you go.
This red tab is catching my attention. I'm assuming that this is a lockout It is, you are correct, yes. So, most disc brake actuators will come standard with an electric lockout on the backside. Usually you have either a bypass solenoid or an inline solenoid that will just have two wires connecting to it. One's a power, one is a ground source. If there is a case where the ground is not proper, the solenoid isn't functioning like it's designed to, this is where this manual lockout comes into play. The nice thing with that, basically, all you would have to do in a standard situation, it would be down like that, flip the tab up. As soon as you back up, that does not allow for this inner slide tube to move in and apply those brakes. And then as soon as you pull forward with this, this tab would actually fall out of the way, that'll allow you to go in a normal state. Brad So, a nice little backup plan in case electronics aren't working, which I can imagine marine applications is probably one of those Right, yes, absolutely. So, obviously you wanna get your boat in the water. Best way to do that is to, obviously, backup with that. You don't wanna have the brakes apply when you do that. Obviously, it is a frustrating situation when the solenoid isn't working like it's designed to. So that's definitely a nice feature that that manual lockout comes into play. We got to see this manufactured today. Family-owned company here in Iowa, made in the US, so a great product. Carter, thank you for taking the time to show us your surge actuator. Yeah, thanks for stopping over. Appreciate it.
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