The unique roller design on this actuator keeps the movement straight and smooth when braking. Instead of binding or dragging, the telescoping action runs clean and consistent, which means your trailer brakes engage evenly every time. It’s built for hydraulic drum brakes and handles up to 20,000 lbs with a 2,000-lb maximum tongue weight, so it stays steady even when you’re hauling serious weight.
The steel construction on this actuator is tough enough to handle bending stress when things get tight in a jackknife situation. It’s made for weld-on installation, giving you a solid fit directly on the 3" channel tongue. Once it’s welded and painted, it becomes part of the frame—no shifting, no flexing, just strength where you need it most.
Getting your coupler height right is simple with the built-in adjustable channel. The 7-1/2" tall channel has three mounting positions spaced 2" apart, so you can set your coupler (sold separately) exactly where you need it. Whether you’re matching different trailer setups or balancing tongue height, this channel makes fine-tuning quick work.
A breakaway kit comes already built in, ready to stop your trailer automatically if it ever disconnects from the tow vehicle. It’s a straightforward safety feature that keeps things under control without extra add-ons.
This actuator ships with a primed finish so you can weld it directly onto your trailer tongue before painting it to match. The surge-type hydraulic design builds pressure as your trailer moves forward during braking, making it a clean choice for anyone setting up or restoring a heavy trailer with drum brakes.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to take a look at this Titan weld-on adjustable channel drum brake actuator. Has a 20,000 pound gross towing weight capacity.Now this hydraulic actuator will activate your trailer brakes when your tow vehicle slows or stops. Basically what happens is when you apply the brakes in your tow vehicle, deceleration occurs and the momentum will push the trailer toward the rear of your vehicle. So with the surge brake actuator system, the actuator is triggered as your trailer moves forward, once your tow vehicle starts to slow down.
So when this happens, the actuator, the inner portion, will contract, apply force to the master cylinder back here, and this in turn supplies the necessary hydraulic pressure to engage the trailers brake.Now this one, if you notice, has the unique roller design, and this will reduce resistance during the telescoping to help create a nice straight line movement. They do use the grease Zerk fittings on the rollers, makes it easy for lubrication of the moving parts. Just attach a grease gun to it and pump grease into it.Now, this one is an adjustable channel design. You can see it has three different mounting positions for the coupler. Now the coupler that goes in here, those are sold separately on our website.Now the channel height on this, if we measure from the bottom all the way to the top is seven and a half inches.
The inside width is the standard three inch. And the distance between the mounting holes right here center to center is two inches.If you notice it is a nice gray prime finish. Now this does come with a breakaway kit that is required by law. Basically this breakaway kit will prevent a trailer runaway situation. So what you'll see is this chain right here, this long chain is attached to this lever back here.
So what you do is you'll take this hook on the end of this chain, hook this to your tow vehicle. And then what'll happen is if by chance your trailer comes disconnected, it would pull on this chain, which would activate the lever. And again, that would apply pressure in the master cylinder to stop the trailer in a runaway situation. But that is all included.Now this is a weld on installation. A few specs on this again.
This is for trailers with drum brakes, gross towing weight capacity is 20,000 pounds. Maximum tongue weight is 2000 pounds. It is designed to mount on a straight three inch wide trailer tongue. And one last note on this, if you look in the back here where you connect your brake lines to right here into the master cylinder, because this actuator does not include a reverse lockout, it is recommended that you equip your trailer with either a reverse lockout solenoid on the back here or our free backing brakes on your trailer, that way you can drive in reverse without this actuator triggering your trailer's brakes.But that should do it for the review on this Titan weld-on adjustable channel drum brake actuator with a 20,000 pound gross towing weight capacity.
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Ratings & Reviews
Works great. Easy to install.
it arived quickly the price was great the people were awsome
Great actuator only second time replacing in 26 years if steady use.
Excellent product. Well worth the money. It is an exact replacement, perfect fit and easy to install.
Exactly what I needed, Shipping time was a lot better than I thought.Thanks.
Etrailer has the exact part I was looking for and received within reasonable time as stated
I'm satisfied with my item
Been installed for about a year and has been used frequently, overall I'm quite happy. Brakes work great and was an exact replacement for my original one
Exact replacement of a 15 year old model equipment trailer.
Best prices on line. Options that local big pro dealership could not nail down.
Super fast delivery.
Highly recommended for exact replacement or general duty models.
I installed and it works perfect ,a lot better then electric brakes ,the only draw back is when backing up
free shipping and the trailer hitch came very quickly, I replacing the hitch on my old bigo trailer that the master cylinder went out on. plus everything is very loose from hard use.
Excellent brake actuator.
i have a trailer that i've been restoring for the past two weeks i needed a brake actuator and a trailer brake kit right away to get this trailer rolling etrailer had a lot of options to choose from and had it in stock so delivery was quick and easy
I installed this brake actuator on a water trailer and we have not had any issues with it.
Haven't used a lot but works well every time we have used it.
Good price on a special order item. Helpful in arranging shipment to a forwarder for shipping outside contiguous states.
Great customer service and fast delivery of quality products.
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