splitty towing / a-frame

busman1951 · Post by **busman1951** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:59 pm

Here are some pics of my finally completed a-frame hooked up to my splitty. It has surge braking. When you brake in the Towed vehicle (the red Clipper in my case) the a-frame slides into the square h/reece towbar and pulls a lever with a cable conected to it which is conected to the brake pedal in the splitty, a red light on the dash in the Clipper tells me when the pedal is being pulled down. (I conected a wire to the brake switch in the splitty) Also it has a breakaway cable, if everything fails ie; a-frame breaks , the safety cables break. Another cable pulls down the bake pedal through a one way slide, a sheer link is broken and the unguided missle is meant to stop. I know splittys are meant to be driven but on a long trip i can't drive both vehicles a once ! The bra was made by a friend of mine in Byron, he also made the sunroof . Cheers Matt

Here is a link that might show it better.

http://www.readybrake.com/

lobus · Post by **lobus** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:05 pm

Is the chequer plate your actual bumper or is it covering your bumper?
Looks like a nice bit of kit, thanks for the pics.

busman1951 · Post by **busman1951** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:08 pm

i didn't want to destroy a really good splitty bumper , so i made a checker plate one. I have made up some rubbers to go over the pin assemblys when the a-frame is not on . matt

byronbus · Post by **byronbus** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:31 pm

Nice matt...missed your call today

busman1951 · Post by **busman1951** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:04 pm

Thanks Bruce for all your help, mandy and are really grateful, hope to catch up with you soon.

daveo · Post by **daveo** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:05 pm

The Bra is a work of art!

The A-Frame is out of this world!

Nice.

Do you need a Pilots license to use it? ha ha ha

I love it ! .......Very Cool stuff Mate!
Davo.......Great pic's