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Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Spark- Video
Connor: Hey, everyone, Connor here today at etrailer.com. We're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect, here, for our 2020 Chevy Spark. The automatic battery disconnect here is going to be an excellent option here for our Chevy Spark. And the reason for this, mainly the main reason here is that our owner's manual does allow for this vehicle to be flat-towed if it has a manual transmission. However, in order to do this, we do need to disconnect the battery. There's usually a couple of reasons behind this, such as battery drain while our vehicle is in-tow, as well as sometimes disabling some of the components on the vehicle so it can be flat-towed without damage.The automatic battery disconnect isn't a requirement, although it is required that we disconnect our battery here. more
10/9/2020 2:13:16 PM
Conner: Hey everyone, how's it going Connor today at etrailer.com. We're going to be taking a look at the Universal Install Kit for trailer brake controllers here on our 2018 Chevrolet Express Van. So this universal installation kit here is going to be an excellent option for our van. If you're like most vehicles there aren't going to be any trailer wiring provisions or provisions for a seven-way, which is why this is going to be an excellent option. It's going to take an existing four way we have and it's going to turn it into both a seven and four-way trailer connector. Now the seven-way trailer connector these are going to be used on our larger trailers that have a brake output circuit. more
9/14/2020 9:43:29 AM
Demco SBS Air Force One Second Vehicle Kit Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Hi there, Flat Towers. Today in our 2020 Chevrolet Colorado, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Demco Air Force One supplemental braking system. There's five main components you'll need when flat towing your vehicle behind your motor home. You'll need your base plate, which is the connection point for your tow bar. You'll need your tow bar, which is the connection between your motor home and your vehicle, your safety cables, which is a supplemental connection, in addition to your tow bar. Your diode wiring, which takes all the lighting signals from your motor home and transfers it to the light at the back of your vehicle so people behind you know your intentions when going down the road, and your supplemental braking system, which will apply the brakes in your vehicle when you hit them in your motor home to help you come to a safe stop.So, additional components you may need are a high-low adapter. more
8/19/2020 10:43:02 AM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Hi there, Colorado owners. Today on your 2020 Chevrolet Colorado, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Roadmasters Battery Disconnect switch.Got my vehicle in flat tow mode. There's only one step left for our Colorado and that's to disconnect the battery. And, boy, would it be a pain in the butt to have to get your tools out every time you want to put it in flat tow and haul it with you Let's make things easy. We're now disconnected. Ready to drive it again. more
8/14/2020 1:22:08 PM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Rob: Hey everybody. It's Rob here at etrailer.com and today we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Charge Line Kit for towed vehicles on our 2020 Chevrolet Equinox. Now, whether you've flat towed a vehicle before or maybe you're just new to it, once you start doing it for a while, one thing you might realize is that once you get where you're going, your vehicle's battery may be dead. Especially if you have a supplemental braking system in. Because that supplemental braking system uses your Equinox's battery to run that braking system and to slow and stop the Equinox down. So if you're towing it for a really long time and you don't make any stops, you don't start your Equinox, that battery can drain down and it's just a hassle because then we've got to get jumper cables out, find somebody to start our car for us and it just puts a damper on our trip.But the nice thing is, is our charge line is going to make sure that the battery on our Equinox gets a trickle charge any time that we're hooked up to our motor home because our charge line is actually going to run through and be hooked into our tow bar wiring. more
7/24/2020 9:43:27 AM
Demco SBS Air Force One Second Vehicle Kit Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Hi there, Equinox owners. Today on your 2020 Chevrolet Equinox, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Demco's Air Force One Second Vehicle Kit.There's five main components you'll need when flat towing your vehicle behind your motor home.You'll need your tow bar which is the connection between your motor home and your base plate, your safety cables which is a supplemental connection in addition to your tow bar. You'll need your base plate which provides the connection point on your vehicle to attach your tow bar. You'll also need your diode wiring which takes all the lighting signals from your motor home and transfers them to the lights at the back of your vehicle so people behind you know your intentions when going down the road. And your supplemental braking system which will apply the brakes in your vehicle whenever you hit the brakes in your motor home, helping it come to a nice safe stop.Demco's Air Force One is a truly proportional braking system that's specifically designed to work with motor homes that have air brakes. It takes the air brakes on the metered air circuit and uses that air pressure to send it to the operating unit here. more
5/26/2020 2:03:06 PM
RoadMaster Falcon Combo Towing Kit Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Rob: Hey, everybody. Rob here at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Falcon 2 and Falcon All-Terrain Combo Towing Kit. As towing kit, it's going to come with a lot of different components that you need to flat tow your Silverado. One of them is going to be the lighting. We have diodes installed here, and you can see what they're going to do is they're going to take the signal from our motor home and transfer them into our Silverado's taillights. more
4/28/2020 12:52:08 PM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Connor: Hey guys, how's it going Connor here today at etrailer.com. We're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect here for our 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500. So the battery disconnect is going to be one of the needed components to flat tow our vehicle here. Keep in mind, it's not required for every vehicle, but it is here for our Chevy Silverado 1500, which is why we have it installed. So according to our owner's manual, when our vehicle is in tow behind a motor home, the battery needs to be disconnected so we don't have to worry about any electrical draw from our other components, which would then in turn kill the battery, and then we'd have to jump it when we arrive to our destination.So how this works is we insert our key into the ignition here. Right now, our switch in our system is disengaged. more
4/17/2020 9:02:11 AM
etrailer Roof Cargo Basket Review - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
Hi, everybody, Adam, with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the etrailer XXL cargo basket on our 2013 Chevy Tahoe. So this cargo carrier is going to measure about 80 inches long by 35 inches wide. And these rails on the side are going to stick up about eight inches. And you did hear me right, it is 80 inches long. This is an extremely big cargo carrier, but we have a relatively bigger car so we have a lot of passengers. more
3/24/2020 1:23:10 PM
Reese Elite Series Underbed Rail Adapter Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video
Rob: Hey everybody. Rob here at etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Reese Elite Series underbed rail adapter kit for standard fifth wheel hitches on our 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. So here's what our adapter is going to look like once we have it installed. And what this is going to do is it's going to allow us to use a standard fifth wheel that normally would install in above bed rails and install into this adapter. Because the adapter is actually going to go directly into the Reese Elite Series underbed kit, which is a puck system. more
1/17/2020 9:57:37 AM
Roadmaster Flexo-Coil Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Rob: Hey everybody. Rob here at etrailer.com, and today we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Flexo-Coil Wiring Kit on our 2019 Chevrolet Equinox. Now, whenever you're going to flat-tow your Equinox behind your motorhome, you need a way to get those light signals to the back. Now, a lot of diode kits aren't going to come with an umbilical cord or the socket, that's where our Flexo Kit is going to help us out because we're going to be able to transfer the signals from our motorhome through the cord into the six-way plug on our vehicle that's tied into our tow bar wiring, that way, when we're driving down the road, if we need to change lanes, the motorhome signals are going to mirror what's on our Equinox so that everybody around us knows what's going on and we can be safe traveling down the road.I really like this style cord because it is coiled, so whenever we have it hooked up all the way, we'll still have enough slack for it to stretch when we go around turns, but at the same time, you can see it's going to retract back and it's going to keep all that slack from dragging the ground. On one end of the cord, we're going to have our seven-way connector, this is going to be pretty standard for most RVs and it's still going to have that little latch on there to make sure that it catches the door so it won't get ripped out for any reason.On the other end, we're going to have a six-way connector, and just so you know there is two different industry standards of how the cord is wired up, and our Roadmaster cord, the center pin, is for your power. They're also going to give us a six-way plug. more
1/15/2020 11:17:06 AM
Yakima HD Crossbars Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam, with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima BedRock HD roof rack system on our 2019 Chevrolet Suburban. So these aluminum bars are going to have a 500 pound weight capacity. And these are the 60 inch version that we do have. We have longer and shorter ones available. more
10/3/2019 12:33:01 PM
Truck Bed Cargo Camera Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video
Shane: Hi, I'm Shane with etrailer.com. Today, I'm going to walk you through how to install Truck Bed Cargo Camera on your 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. Adding a camera like this is going to make hooking up to your fifth wheels and goosenecks a lot easier. We're not going to have to have a second person watching as we back up, or we're not going to have to try looking through our back window. This is going to work with eight inch monitor, factory monitors. Our camera is going to have 360 degrees of movement. more
10/2/2019 8:47:39 AM
Deka Battery Side Bolt Extender Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Hi there Express fan owners, today in our 2015 Chevrolet Express, we're going to be showing you how to properly add powered accessories to your side post battery using Deka's side posts battery extender. T.he problem we have with our factory bolts is that there's no room to add any ring terminals or additional wiring to it.If you try to, you can potentially damage the threads on your battery.If we go over here to our positive post, we've already got our extender in place, and you can see here, we've got plenty of room to add wires to power, any of our accessories.And we have no fear of damaging our battery.The post is made of brass. So it's going to be an excellent conductor.The bolt length itself is one and three-quarter inches, and this is important if your batteries in a tray, that's got a pretty tight fit. You don't want your battery positive, sticking out to work in ground on anything on the body.Let's go ahead and install it now, and we'll show you how to do that.We'll begin by removing our battery positive post.If you are worried that you may touch your wrench on anything grounded, you can take your negative terminal off first as this is recommended to keep you from accidentally shorting anything out.Once you've got it loose, we can just take it off here, and that will pull it back.Our bolt we'll then remove from the rubber covering, maybe helpful to use a pick or a flat-bladed screwdriver to assist you in getting out of there.Regardless of which vehicle you have, all your side posts are basically the same. They all use a very similar sized bolt and similarly shaped a rubber housing that keeps the bolt in place.And on your express van here, your side post, isn't going to be different than anything else.Your battery post is going to be inside of your rubber housing here, we'll just need to pop that out of there.So you can use a pick or a flat blade screwdriver to work your way behind the covering, and pop the bolt out.We'll now take our new one from Deka, slide it all the way in, and then we can reinstall it onto our battery.When tightening it down you want to make sure you don't over-tighten it as the lead material inside is a softer metal, so it is possible to over-tighten it.We'll tighten it down using a five, eight inch wrench or socket.The stud coming off of our post is one and three quarter inch length, which gives you plenty of length to add accessories and be able to fully tighten the nut on it.And the diameter of our stud is three eighth of an inch.So you want to make sure you purchase appropriately sized ring terminals to get all of your accessories mounted.If you need some ring terminals. So you can pick those up here at etrailer.com. more
8/28/2019 11:32:42 AM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video
Rob: Rob here at etrailer.com, and today you're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect on our 2015 Chevrolet Silverado. And keep in mind, it's only one component of several that we going to need for a full flat tow setup. The first one we're going to need is going to be our base plate. That's going to be the connection point on our car so we can safely tow it down the road. The next brand of tow bar, that's what's actually going to connect our base plate to the motorhome. We'll need safety cables, tow bar wiring, and finally a braking system.Now, if you want to tow your Silverado behind your motorhome so we can take it out, maybe go to dinner, have a little bit easier time driving this and driving that big motorhome around. more
8/26/2019 12:27:18 PM
Tekonsha Primus IQ Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Shane: Hi, I'm Shane with etrailer.com. Today you're going to be taking a look at, I'm going to walk you through the installation on the Tekonsha Primus IQ Trailer Brake Controller on your 2019 Chevrolet Equinox with the Factory Tow Package.Most of the time when we think about a brake controller, it's on a larger vehicle, or on a big truck that may be pulling big trailers. On a smaller SUV like this, maybe you have a boat trailer that has brakes on it, or maybe you have a camper, a small camper that has brakes on it. Maybe you're going on a camping trip and you want to make more room for your passengers inside, so you want to put all your gear into a trailer and that trailer has brakes on it.You've pulled each of these things and without a brake controller you have felt the trailer as you're coming up to a stop pushing on the car. It's an uncomfortable feeling when you're coming up to the back of another car that's already stopped and it doesn't feel like your car is stopping. Adding a brake controller to the vehicle is not only going to make your driving experience much better, but it's going to make your passengers much more comfortable during the ride.The trailer brake controller is going to be a proportional brake controller, so when you apply the brakes in the vehicle it's going to apply the same amount of pressure in the trailer depending on how you have it set, whether that applies the brakes a little bit sooner or a little bit later. more
6/20/2019 5:22:54 PM
Roadmaster InvisiBrake Second Vehicle Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Rob: Rob here at etrailer.com. Today on our 2019 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to be taking a look at the Roadmaster second vehicle kit for the InvisiBrake braking system.If you flat towed before you know that all the components you're going to need. One of those components is going to be a braking system so we're not relying on the motor home to slow down our vehicle as well. That way we have a nice even braking and it's not going to be tearing up the motor home or our car.Our second vehicle kit is going to allow us to use our existing InvisiBrake in a new car. That way we don't have to purchase the entire braking system again. However, the second vehicle kit is going to come with most of the components, but there are a few things we need from our previous InvisiBrake.Now one of the components that you will need from your previous InvisiBrake installation is going to be the operating unit itself.Another component we're going to need to bring from our old kit is going to be the cable and this assembly here that mounts to the bracket. more
5/29/2019 3:48:06 PM
Hi there, Silverado owners. Today in your 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, we're going to be installing B&W's Turnoverball Underbed Gooseneck Trailer Hitch. In order to complete the installation we'll be using B&W's Turnoverball Gooseneck Custom Installation Kit for Chevy and GMC.This gooseneck hitch is going to be hidden underneath the bed of your truck. The underbed rail design keeps most of the components under the bed; this way, you can maximize the amount of space in the bed of your truck when you don't want to haul a gooseneck trailer. But when you're ready, you can simply throw your ball in, and you're ready to go.To ensure you don't lose your ball when not in use, it stores flush by simply flipping it over and dropping it back down. And now it's almost as if you don't have a gooseneck trailer installed. more
5/28/2019 2:27:29 PM
Curt Tail Light Converter Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Volt- Video
Hi there Volt owners. Today in our 2012 Chevrolet Volt, we're going to be installing Curt's 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness. This will provide you with all the lighting functions that you need for any accessory that you have on the back of your vehicle. So when you got your cargo carrier on there, loaded up with gear that may be blocking your tail lights, the lights on your cargo carrier can be illuminated, which includes your left-turn signal, right-turn signal, tail lamps and brake lamps, keeping your DOT compliant in all states. Now you do want to keep in mind that this harness is really for accessories on this vehicle, because it's not recommended to tow with your Chevy Volt.Located on the end of our connector, you'll find a dust cap that can be inserted on it to keep out any dirt, debris and moisture to ensure a long lasting connection. The circuits are protected by the module that's located inside. more
5/10/2019 5:12:18 PM
Curt Welded Weight Distribution Shank Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video
Today in our 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, we're gonna be installing Curt's welded weight distribution shank. This weight distribution shank is gonna give you either a drop or rise, or however you need to install your ball mount for your weight distribution system. It works with a 2" x 2" trailer hitch receiver and has ten bolt holes to allow you to adjust the height for your weight distribution system. It's a powder coated steel so it's resistant against corrosion, so you can ensure it's gonna last a long time. It has a weight capacity of up 1,500 pounds. And that completes our installation of Curt's welded weight distribution shank on our 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. more
3/6/2019 4:12:13 PM
Truck Bed Cargo Camera Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video
Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, we're gonna be installing the truck bed cargo camera. And this works with both seven or eight inch factory monitors. To determine which one you need for your vehicle, you'll measure your screen diagonally from corner to corner.And this is what our camera looks like when it's installed. It goes right behind your factory third brake lamp. And the camera sticks down below. The camera is adjustable, you do have to move it manually in order to readjust it. more
2/26/2019 12:57:14 PM
Rightline Gear Accessories and Parts Review - 2019 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Hey guys. Today in our 2019 Chevrolet Suburban, we're going to be doing a test vid on this Moki doorstep. This thing's pretty unique. So it's going to give us that extra step we need to access our roof. While we're here, let me show you how it works.So it simply hooks to our door hinge here on the inside and then rest on the inside of the door frame, and then we can easily step on it so we can access our roof. So whether you're carrying accessories, like a bike rack, kayaks, or maybe you've got a cargo box up here, it's going to provide you with that extra height so you can reach inside, organize, unload, load, really, any access you need to your roof, this is going to provide you with it.So not only is it going to provide you with that extra step, it's going to prevent you from having to step on your seat. more
2/18/2019 12:47:16 PM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2019 Chevrolet Equinox, you're going to be taking a look at . I'm going to show you how I installed the Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit for Towed Vehicles. What our charge line kit is going to do for us, it's going to allow us to charge our battery while we're flat towing our vehicle. The reason we need it is, because this particular vehicle has to have the key in the on position to be flat towed.There are five main components for a flat tow set up. You have your base plate. You have your diode wiring kit. more
1/22/2019 2:02:21 PM
Roadmaster Universal Brake Monitor Installation - 2014 Chevrolet Malibu- Video
Today on our 2014 Chevrolet Malibu we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster Universal Brake Monitor, part number RM-9530. And to help ups with our installation we're going to be also installing the Roadmaster Universal stop light switch kit part number RM-751000. So here is what our monitor is going to look like once we have everything hooked up. On the motorhome side it's just into this small box and we're going to have a power cord and be completely portable so if we need to move to another motorhome or we're not using it we can unplug it and put it in a storage compartment somewhere. And what our monitor is going to do is it's going to monitor the braking activity on our towed vehicle so that way we can easily see it with these lights right here and an audible alert to know exactly what's going on that way it prevents us from having to look at our rear-view camera looking for a small light that's going to be on the dash or the rear view of our towed vehicle.This is going to be a lot easier to see we're not going to have to strain in those high light situations, the middle of the day where the light on the dash may not come on that bright. We'll have our lights right here close to us and whenever we press on the brake pedal on our motorhome the yellow lights going to come on underneath brake letting us know the towed vehicles brakes are applied and when we release them the light will go out letting us know that the brakes are released on the towed vehicle. more
1/18/2019 1:37:13 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Express Van, we're gonna be installing Tekonsha's Primus IQ Trailer Brake Controller, part number TK90160. And to help us complete this installation, we'll be using etrailer's universal installation wiring kit, part number ETBC7. This brake controller's gonna provide you with proportional braking for your trailer. And unlike some brake controllers, it doesn't have to be mounted completely level, it can be mounted 90 degrees up or down, which gives you a lot more options on where you could mount your brake controller. On the brake controller itself, you'll have an LCD display to output whether it's connected or not. "NC" would indicate not connected and just a "C", like we have here, shows that we are connected. more
1/17/2019 12:32:12 PM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Roadmaster battery charge line kit as part of a complete flat tow setup for your 2019 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which will be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit, SMI's Stay-IN-Play DUO supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64" single-hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat tow your Chevrolet Colorado Well we've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component you're going to need is your base plate. This is the interface that's going to allow your vehicle to be connected to your motor home and pulled behind it. more
1/8/2019 8:27:34 AM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2019 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Switch as part of a complete plateau set up for your 2019 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our baseplate which we'll be using Roadmaster's EZ5 Baseplate Kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's Duo Wiring Kit, SMI's Stay-In-Play Duo Supplemental Braking System, Roadmaster's Battery Charge Line Kit, Roadmaster's Automatic Battery Disconnect Switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-terrain Non-binding Tow Bars, and lastly Roadmaster's 64" Single Hook Safety Cables. So, you're looking to flat-tow your Chevy Colorado. We've got our whole set up here and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now.The first component you're going to need is your baseplate. more
1/8/2019 8:27:13 AM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Roadmaster battery charge line kit as part of a complete flat tow setup for your 2018 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which will be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit, SMI's Stay-IN-Play DUO supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64" single-hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat tow your Chevrolet Colorado Well we've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component you're going to need is your base plate. This is the interface that's going to allow your vehicle to be connected to your motor home and pulled behind it. more
1/8/2019 8:22:46 AM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Roadmaster battery charge line kit as part of a complete flat tow setup for your 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which will be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit, SMI's Stay-IN-Play DUO supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64" single-hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat tow your Chevrolet Colorado Well we've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component you're going to need is your base plate. This is the interface that's going to allow your vehicle to be connected to your motor home and pulled behind it. more
1/8/2019 8:22:29 AM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Roadmaster battery charge line kit as part of a complete flat tow setup for your 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. We'll start with our base plate, which will be using Roadmaster's EZ5 base plate kit. In addition, we'll be using Roadmaster's diode wiring kit, SMI's Stay-IN-Play DUO supplemental braking system, Roadmaster's battery charge line kit, Roadmaster's automatic battery disconnect switch, Roadmaster's Falcon All-Terrain non-binding tow bars, and lastly, Roadmaster's 64" single-hook safety cables.So you're looking to flat tow your Chevrolet Colorado Well we've got our whole setup here, and there's several components we're going to need to complete that. Let's go over those now. The first component you're going to need is your base plate. This is the interface that's going to allow your vehicle to be connected to your motor home and pulled behind it. more
1/8/2019 8:22:11 AM
SMI Supplemental Braking Systems Extended Bolts Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Equinox we're gonna be taking a look at showing you how to install the extended bolt for the SMI Air Force One and Stay-IN-play DUO Supplemental Braking Systems. Part number SM99604.Here is what our actuator is gonna look like for our Stay-IN-play DUO and also for our Air Force One. Our standard bolts is what you see here. These are gonna work on a normal sized brake pedal. If your brake pedal is a little bit wider, that's where you're gonna need the extend bolt. This bolt is gonna give you an inch and a quarter more clearance than the bolts that come on the actuator itself.First thing we're gonna do to start our installation is we need to remove our old bolts. more
1/7/2019 2:42:12 PM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Spark- Video
Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Spark, you're going to be taking a look at, and I'm going to show you how to install the Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit for Towed Vehicles, part number RN-156-25.What the charge line is going to do for us, it's going to allow us to charge the battery while the vehicle is being towed or flat towed. Why you would need a charge line, one of the main reasons is the key has to be in the on position having the accessories on in the vehicle. The accessories are on, you're traveling eight hours or so, the battery is going to run down. This is going to allow you to charge your battery through your RV or from your RV with the key in the on position.First thing we're going to do is mount the circuit breaker. You're going to notice on your circuit breaker you have a gold post and a silver post. The silver post is going to be auxiliary, gold post is going to be battery. more
1/3/2019 11:02:13 AM
RoadMaster Falcon 2 and Falcon All-Terrain Towing Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Chevrolet Cruz we're gonna be taking a look at . I'm gonna show you how to install the Roadmaster Flacon 2 and Flacon All Terrain Combo Towing Kit with straight wiring. Part number RM-9243-1.This is what our diode kit looks like when it's installed. What this is gonna allow you to do is to safely and legally flat tow your vehicle. What it's gonna do is it's gonna allow you to transfer your signals from your RV thorough your towed vehicle to it's tail lights, the running lights, the brake lights and both turn signals.This is part of our Roadmaster Combo kit. What's great about this combo kit is your getting two of the main components for a flat tow setup in once kit. more
11/26/2018 10:08:13 AM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Cruze- Video
Speaker 1: Today our 2017 Chevrolet Cruze we're going to be taking a look at, and I'm going to show you how I installed the Roadmaster Battery Charge-line kit for towed vehicles. Part number RM-156-25.What this charge line's going do for you it's going to allow you to charge your battery in your vehicle while it's being flat-towed.How it does that is when you hook your 6-pole to 7-pole hookup, your umbilical cord between your RV and your car. That power is going to be drawn from your RV battery while you're traveling. It's going to travel through the wire and keep your battery charged so that when you get to your destination you unhook your car, your vehicle is ready to go.It's going to be one of five main components in the flat-two set up. The other components are going to be your safety cables, your wiring, your braking system, and you tow-bar.As far as the installation on your battery charge line it is very, very simple. It comes with one single red wire, couple of ring terminals, and that's it.Now, how we got it installed, this is going to be your super-breaker here, one side, the copper side, is going to say battery. more
11/19/2018 3:22:28 PM
Demco 5th Wheel Rail Adapter Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 3500- Video
Speaker 1: So today on our 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 we're going to be taking a look at the Demco 5th wheel rail adapter for Chevy and GMC OEM 5th wheel towing prep package, part# DM6194. Here's what our Demco 5th wheel's going to look like once we have it installed. It's going to provide us with above-the-bed rails so we can use a standard 5th wheel. It's going to lock into our OEM prep package so we can use a standard 5th wheel instead of having to buy a separate one to work with the prep package. Now the really nice thing about this is it is going to be one solid piece. We're not going to have to assemble anything, and it's going to have really solid welds all the way around so it's going to be really strong.The only thing we're going to have to do is put in a single wing nut. more
11/12/2018 11:37:26 AM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2012 Chevrolet Equinox, we're going to be taking a look at, and showing you how to install, the Roadmaster Battery Charge Line kit for towed vehicles. It's going to be part number RM-156-25.Our charge line kit is going to allow us to slowly trickle-charge our battery while we're flat-towing our Equinox. It's going to take that 12 volt power from the 7-way on the back of our RV and transfer it, through the umbilical, to the battery on our Equinox. Our charge line kit is going to protect our vehicle. It's going to have a circuit breaker only allowing a certain amount of power to go through to our battery. So you don't have to worry about overcharging our battery or any other kind of issues that may arise.The charge line kit is going to be a rather simple install. more
11/7/2018 11:43:32 AM
Roadmaster Flexo-Coil Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Colorado we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster seven wire to six wire flexo coil kit, part number RM-146-7. We have our cable router along our tow bar here. As you can see the coiledness of it is going to keep it nice and taut. We won't have to worry about it dragging the ground, but it is extendable up to past eight feet, so we're going to have plenty of room to make our connections.So we'll dust cover off of the back, and we're going to slide the wires through it. Let's go ahead and push it back so we have plenty of room to work with. Now, if we look at the back our plug here, each one of these terminals is going to be labeled. more
10/16/2018 12:51:57 PM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe, we're going to take a look at and show you how to install the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect with Switch for towed vehicles. Part number is RM-766.Now an automatic battery disconnect such as this is going to be the ideal solution for the vehicles that tend to slowly drain their battery down while we're flat-towing them. Most cases, you'll need to leave the key on so the wheel can turn, and there's some kind of power draw while it's in tow mode, and when we get to our destination, the battery's dead. The auto battery disconnect allows us to have a switch inside so we can turn off the battery connection. To do that, you'll see there's two battery cables that come off. We basically just separate the connection at the positive side. more
7/27/2018 10:37:22 AM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on this 2018 Chevrolet Colorado, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect with Switch for towed vehicles, part number RM-766.Here's what your battery disconnect looks like installed. Now, the reason you're going to want this on the Colorado when you're flat towing this behind your motor home, Chevrolet does require the battery to be disconnected. This will save you time and energy from having to open the hood and manually remove your battery terminal. This will do it automatically via a solenoid built into this disconnect via a simple press of a switch inside the vehicle. We'll show you that now.With our battery connected, our engine starts normally. When we disconnect it, we have no power at all anymore and our vehicle is now safely in tow mode without us doing anything under the hood. more
7/10/2018 12:27:46 PM
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Speaker 1: Today the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado. We're going to review and install the universal wire harness, the Hopkins Multi-Tow vehicle and trailer connectors, part number HM40985.This is the connection point right here that goes behind your seven-fold connector. This is what's called the US car connector style. The cord has got a four-foot length to it and has provisions for all seven circuits. You've got ground, 12-volt power, brake controller output, left turn, right turn, run light circuit, and reverse lights. It also comes with a variety of butt connectors to suit different gauge of wires. more
6/20/2018 4:37:21 PM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today, in this 2017 Chevrolet Equinox, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster battery charge line kit for towed vehicles, part number RM-156-25.Here's what our battery charge line kit looks like installed. The reason you're going to want a battery charge line kit is, if you're using a supplemental braking system when you're flat towing your vehicle, it's going to draw power from your vehicle, thus discharging your battery. By having this charge line kit, it'll maintain a charge on your battery as you're driving down the road so, when you arrive at your destination, you're not surprised with a dead battery. You'll be able to start your car up and go explore.This kit works with a simple circuit breaker so you don't have to worry about any overloads damaging any wiring in your vehicle or overcharging your battery. This will provide a charge via your motorhome's constant 12-volt hot source on its seven-way connector. You can simply hook it up to the six-way connector on the front of your vehicle and charge through that. more
6/20/2018 3:47:11 PM
Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect Installation - 2015 Chevrolet Colorado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2015 Chevrolet Colorado we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster Automatic Battery Disconnect with switch for towed vehicle with supplemental breaking system, part number RM-766.In order to flat tow the Colorado, the key has to be in the on position. When the key's in the on position, all of your accessories are on. There's no way to shut them off inside the vehicle, which in turn could drain your battery. The battery disconnect is going to break that power between the battery and all your accessories shutting your accessories off, in turn saving your battery life.Now, the way this works is this button right here, when we push it you're going to hear a click and it's going to shut off all of your interior. When you want it to come back on or when you're doing towing it, push the button. Wait just a couple of seconds for the computer to reset. more
5/29/2018 9:47:11 AM
Roadmaster Tail Light Wiring Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Today in our 2018 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster Taillight Wiring Kit for towed vehicles with an LED bulb and socket. That's going to be part number RM-152-LED. That'll help us with our installation. We're also going to be using a Roadmaster seven-wire to six-wire straight cord kit at six and a half feet long. Part number RM-89146-7. Now keep in mind, this is only going to be one component of a safe, complete flat tow setup. more
5/25/2018 12:47:11 PM
Blue Ox Tow Bar High-Low Adapter Review - 2018 Chevrolet Sonic- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Sonic, we're going to take a look at the Blue Ox High-Low Adapter for two bars, with a two inch riser drop. Part #BX88128. Out high-low adapter is going to be made out of a steel construction. And it is going to feature a two inch receiver tube opening. And go into a two inch receiver tube.Now, the Blue Ox High-Low Adapter does have a weight rating on it. And, you don't want to exceed 5,000 pounds, which is going to be plenty enough for our Sonic.The overall length of our high-low adapter is going to be right at 13 1/2 inches. more
5/24/2018 2:02:11 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Speaker 1: Today in this 2010 Chevrolet Express Van we will be having a look at, and showing you how to install the Tekonsha Primus IQ trailer brake controller part number TK90160.To ease your install we'll be using universal seven way trailer brake controller kit, part number ETBC7.Here's what our brake controller looks like installed. Now what's great about this brake controller, is that this is a proportional brake controller, which allows us to slow down smoothly, and safely when we're towing a trailer, and our brakes are being applied instantly versus with a timed delay brake controller, it's also not gonna give you a jerky ride like a time delayed brake controller would.Now the reason you're gonna want a brake controller such as this one is if you're towing a trailer that has electric brakes, you won't be able to control them without having a brake controller.Now what sets this brake controller apart from other proportional units on the market is not only is this a very high quality unit, but it's also a very simple one to use without a lot of overly complex features. This gives you the basic functions that you need in order to safely, and easily utilize trailer brakes.To our right we have our manual override, and what this does, this will apply our trailer brakes to the maximum level that we have set the further we press it in.The reason you want a manual override is because if your trailer starts to sway behind you, or starts to jackknife, you would want to slow the trailer down, not your vehicle, that'll make things worse. So by applying this, only the brakes on the trailer will be applied without you applying your vehicle's brakes.Over here to the left this is our gain adjustment knob. This knob here controls how much power is being sent to your trailer brakes. Right now if it's set all the way up you see our display reads at 11, and we start to roll it back it'll start to drop back down all the way down to zero, which means no trailer brakes being applied.General rule of thumb, you want to start it somewhere in the middle, so about five and a half will be ideal. more
5/17/2018 10:57:10 PM
Roadmaster Rear Anti-Sway Bar Installation - 2000 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Speaker 1: Today on this 2000 Chevrolet Express van, we'll be having a look at and showing you how to install the Roadmaster rear anti-sway bar and axle bracket kit, part number RM-1109-175-00, in conjunction with the Roadmaster axle mounting bracket kit for Chevrolet Express van chasses, part number RM-590061-00.Here's what our sway bar looks like installed. There are many reasons you're going to want an aftermarket sway bar on your motor home. One is if your vehicle doesn't already have a sway bar on the back of it, such as this one, this is going to greatly reduce the amount of side-to-side sway in the back. So when we're driving down the road, by having our sway bar in place, if a semi we're to pass us, we won't be steering trying to keep our vehicle to go straight. This will allow us to keep the steering wheel more centered as we're driving in a straight line. Also, when we're going around the corners, we won't be having to counter-steer quite as much when we're leaving the corners because we're not having the body roll that we're used to having without having the sway bar in place.So for example, if we're turning left, we'll have more weight transfer to our right side and that'll cause the right end to dip down and the left side to pick up. more
5/8/2018 4:37:47 PM
Yakima Roof Rack Review - 2018 Chevrolet Malibu y00146- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, we're gonna be test-fitting the Yakima round bar roof rack system, consisting of part number Y00409, these are the 58-inch round cross bars, part number Y00146, these are the baseline towers for the Yakima cross bars, particularly for naked roofs, part number Y03536, and this is the round bar SL adapter for the Yakima base line, and finally part number Y06123 and this is gonna be the base clip fit kit for the Malibu.The rider rack round bar roof rack system is great for carrying a wide variety of accessories on your roof while freeing up space inside your Malibu. It can carry anything from bike racks to cargo baskets to cargo boxes. While the round bars are both durable and strong, they are gonna make noise while you drive, so you might have to purchase aftermarket bearings to cut down that wind noise and drag, which you can find on etrailer.com.These are very easy to install. They simply clamp around your existing doorframe and tighten down into place. Everything is provided to tighten this down to your vehicle as well. And at the ends of our end caps, we do have plastic knockouts, which you can remove and replace with Yakima same key system which is sold separately. more
4/16/2018 8:47:33 AM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, we're going to be showing you how to install the Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit for Towed Vehicles, part number is RM-156-25.Now this charge line kit is really important on these GM vehicles with the steering wheel lock situation, you have to leave your key on. Even though you turn off the fan, you turn off the air, you turn off the radio, it still drains the battery. This allows us to take power from our red wire that we've got connected to the 12 volt power source on the back of our RV, that goes through a breaker and we've got it connected right here to our positive battery cable.This gives us a trickle charge effect. As we're driving down the road, the battery's constantly getting a little bit of a charge and a little bit of a charge to keep it up and maintained. The breaker is in place to help prevent any kind of overloading. If you're vehicle, maybe you've left the radio on or you've left the fan blowing, it's going to be drawing power from your battery of course.That excess draw will cause this breaker to heat up slightly and disconnect power temporarily until that system cools back down and it'll make contact again, so it's a very safe and very effective way to charge your battery while you're flat towing.The first step in the installation is going to be to get our breaker mounted. more
4/11/2018 2:17:28 PM
Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, we're going to be installing Roadmaster's battery charge line kit for towed vehicles. Part RM-156-25.This charge line kit will provide a trickle charge from your RV to your vehicle's battery. This way when you're flat towing your vehicle down the road, every time you stop and you use the battery from your vehicle to apply to brake pedal from your braking system, or if you're using your vehicle's taillights as your taillight system, you can keep your battery charged so it's ready to go when you get to your campsite or wherever your destination may be.This kit connected directly to your six pull 00:00:36 connector at the front of your vehicle, and has a circuit breaker in line to protect for any shorts. When you plug it into your RV, that's where it gets its charging from.We'll begin our installation by mounting our circuit breaker using the self-tapping screw provided in the kit. Use an eight millimeter socket, and we're going to put it right here in the front, in this little open spot. We'll then take our second self-tapping screw and thread it on the other side.We'll start by connecting our wire to our circuit breaker. more
4/2/2018 4:08:53 PM
Roadmaster Tail Light Wiring Kit Installation - 2018 Chevrolet Equinox- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, we're going to be installing Roadmaster's tail light wiring kit for towed vehicles, part number RM-152-LED. And in conjunction with this, we're also going to be using Roadmaster's seven wire to six wire straight cord kit, part number RM-98146-7. This lighting kit is going to allow you to transfer those signals from inside your RV back to the vehicle that you're flat towing behind you. You'll have all the necessary lightings, which includes your left turn signal, right turn signal, tail lamps and brake lamps. Since these bulbs are separate, we don't have to tap into the vehicle's wiring system, so you don't have to worry about voiding that wiring warrantee. The wiring from your tail lights is run up your front 6-pole connector on your vehicle, which then connects to the 7-pole on your RV. more
4/2/2018 4:07:49 PM
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