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While it appears from your comments that your towing package included the necessary electrical wiring, it may not have included the actuator that actually causes the electric brakes to activate. This is a usually a small black box about 1 x 3 x 6 inches or so that has four wires (at least) coming out of it and perhaps a slide switch in the front. It is hooked to the brake light switch and to the trailer brakes. When electricity is sent to the brake lights, a relay in the activator energizes the electrical circuit to the brakes. One thing that some people like about the electric brakes is that you can gently press on the brake peddle and activate just the trailer brakes. This can be handy under certain circumstances. There is available a breakaway unit to activate electric trailer brakes if the trailer were to break away, but most trailers I have seen do not have these. The complaint some people have with surge brakes is that it can make the trailer difficult to back up - particularly up a hill when loaded. I think there some surge brake units are available that have some time of lockout feature to prevent the brakes from locking up when backing - however, I have never actually seen them. I assume that silicon brake fluid would be OK for a trailer, but many auto manufacturers recommend that it not be used in their cars. Silicon fluid can reportedly cause the brakes to get very spongy when they get hot. <br>My trailer has axles and brakes that were made for moving factory built houses. These are very heavy duty, but as I am finding out, they are non-standard items. The local wholesale trailer supply store does not carry parts for them. The tires are also unique in that they are 15.5 x 7 and most tire stores do not carry them and they cannot be mounted using some standard tire mounting equipment.

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Check out the specs at:<br>http://www.farmershotline.com/Tango/FEGtractors.taf?function=form<br>They list the specs for a large number of tractors. They give<br>the specs for three variations on the 1710.

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I would guess that you could girdle and damage <br>a tree, particularly a young one, even with a string<br>

get has a guard that will hold the string, plastic cutting
blade, or whatever, safely away from any vulnerable bark. "> 3-point Weedeater
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