This breakaway kit activates your trailer's electric brakes if the trailer disconnects from your vehicle. Side-loading case bolts onto your trailer's frame. Designed for trailers with up to 3 axles. Sealed lead-acid battery included.
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Note: A breakaway system is required by law in most states for trailers that are equipped with electric brakes and have a GTW of at least 3,000 lbs.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Shane: Hey guys, Shane here with etrailer.com. Today, I want to walk through how to install CURT Soft-Trac 1 Trailer Breakaway Kit.The nice thing about a breakaway kit is, one: any trailer with brakes on it, it's technically required by law to have a breakaway switch on it. The reason for the breakaway switch is if you have the trailer loaded while you're pulling it and the trailer comes disconnected from the vehicle, what it does is it pulls this pin and it applies the brakes on the trailer, bringing it to a stop. If you didn't have the kit, the trailer, it becomes disconnected. It's just going to keep going down the road, causing a lot of damage, maybe hurting somebody else.One thing I will say with this particular one, this does not have a battery charger on it. So make sure you check the battery and maintain the charge on it so that your breakaway system on your trailer is working correctly.
Once you have everything hooked up, one way to test it is have somebody spinning one of the tires and then pull your breakaway switch and it should apply the brakes on the trailer.This kit's going to include your breakaway switch, your case, 12-volt sealed lead acid battery. The case is going to be a side mount. It's going to be a polyethylene. So it's going to really hold up well in all weather conditions. It's going to use u-bolts, or rounded u-bolts, to mount it.
You can see how we have it here, attached around our jack handle, or jack post. From the battery itself or from the inside, you're going to have one wire. You're going to have your white wire. You will have to add the red one. White wire is going to be your negative, red wire is going to be your positive.
So you will need a red wire and you also need a female spade connector for the battery post.You're going to have two blue wires on your breakaway switch. One of the blue wires is going to connect to the red wire coming from the breakaway battery. The other blue wire is going to connect into your junction box or to the brake wire going back to your brakes. If you don't have a junction box in your trailer, I highly recommend it. It makes it very easy to change any connections.
Maybe you have some trailer wiring issues. It's easy to take them off here, change your wiring, or change your inaudible 00:02:25 if it gets damaged. Again, blue wire goes to the brakes, going to the trailer. The white wire is going to go to ground.With all that being said, that's going to do it for a look at and walk through installation on the CURT Soft-Trac 1 Trailer Breakaway Kit..
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (21 Customer Reviews)
This breakaway kit activates your trailer's electric brakes if the trailer disconnects from your vehicle. Side-loading case bolts onto your trailer's frame. Designed for trailers with up to 3 axles. Sealed lead-acid battery included.
The battery is an excellent purchase.
Product shipped and delivered fast. Installed in about 20 minutes. Hope I never have to find out if it works.
Great Price,Excellent Service
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Good breakaway switch, but no way to know whether the battery is fully charged.
Sierra K - 01/14/2022Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
The u-bolts worked great for mounting the battery box on an electric tongue jack. I ended up heat shrinking the leads coming out and then siliconed the hole so no water could get in. I was not able to fully test the break away switch and stop the trailer with the battery but feel confident in the product.
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
I also bought a new plug with attached junction box. The battery and charger were straight forward to wire. The only problem I had was that my old trailer wire colors did not match the new plug colors. Once I sorted out my wires everything worked well. I think it is a good battery kit
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Good web site, good value, great instructional videos. Quick delivery! Wish it had a battery stus indicator. Only one that fit the jack.
Gordon & - 12/13/2020Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
HAD TO DRILL NEW HOLES BUT OTHERWISE INSTALL WAS EASY JUST CUT AND CRIMP WIRES USED HEAT SHRINK AND SEAL BUTT CONNECTORS.
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Easy to install.
David F - 04/28/2021Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Thank you Carol, the product was received today per the second order in excellent condition. I understand that things happen, the true value is how we handle adversity. I think that you and your team handled it very well and I received the parts in a very timely manor. Thank you so much. Sincerely, Vance Herron GM @ 7833
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Instructions could be a little clearer, but it does it’s job.
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
This was easy to install adn I hope its not needed in the future!
Joseph - 05/28/2020Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Great easy to hookup!!
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Great service, quick delivery.
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
Review from a similar Soft Trac I in Trailer Breakaway Kit
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