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Frequently
Asked Questions
1.
Does ToadStop meet the legal braking requirements of the US and
Canada?
YES!
ToadStop exceeds all state and provincial requirements.
2.
How is ToadStop different than the other systems?
We
activate the power assist to work in harmony with the towed’s
original brake engineering, and properly apply the brakes on
your towed vehicle, with only 15 lbs of pedal pressure.
The other brake systems apply the towed brakes with no power
assist, so they must push extremely hard on the brake pedal.
Without the power assist working, there is only 30% of your
engineered brake performance available to stop the car.
3.
Why is extreme pressure bad?
This
high pressure (170-350 lbs) puts extreme abusive pressure on the
brake components. Your firewall flexes and will eventually
crack and break. Air & mechanical systems can only
give a fraction of your original performance without power
assist. To check this out, drive your car (40 mph) and
turn the engine off and try to stop the car. The inferior
braking you experience is what other systems work with all the
time. That is why they must push so hard to provide only a
fraction of what the brakes should be.
4.
How does ToadStop work?
ToadStop
applies the Towed vehicle’s brakes with full power assist
braking on, in harmony with the original engineering of the
vehicle. This assures the Full performance that was
engineered into the braking system, with only slight pressure
needed to the brake pedal.
5.
Why use vacuum to pull the brake pedal?
Vacuum
pulls down the brake pedal gradually, with easy pressure, the
same way you apply your brakes when driving. We use
finesse pressure on the brake pedal because we activate the
power assist. Our system pulls the pedal with only enough
strength to halt the vehicle, just like you do when you drive.
We never lock brakes, no other braking system does this.
6.
How effective is the ToadStop?
ToadStop
is the only brake system to provide anti-lock braking while
towing, even if your towed does not have anti-lock braking.
The towed vehicle will stop quickly, with full control and no
wheel lockup, even on gravel roads. ToadStop performs
better than a skilled driver at stopping your towed.
7.
Can the ToadStop be adjusted for performance?
Yes,
throttle valves adjust the speed of the pedal movement, “in
and out”. A moveable bracket on the brake pedal of the
Towed levers the force of the pull, for the resulting brake
strength.
8.
Is the ToadStop method proportional?
ToadStop
has revolutionized the industry with its radical new methods.
The term proportional is a very misused catch phrase in the
industry. What is needed is balanced braking between the
RV and towed, so that the vehicles stop each other without
affecting each other. By balancing the braking of the
towed so that it will only stop itself, it will not become an
anchor to the RV. It is important to understand that if
the towed braking is balanced, it will not tug and stop the RV
faster than it originally did before towing a vehicle behind it.
9.
Why is stopping the RV faster bad?
Your
towing components are rated to tug up to 5000 lbs. If the
towed pulls against the RV stopping it faster, you will exceed
the rated capacity of your tow package. You are now trying
to stop the weight of your RV with a 5000 lb tow package.
THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT WILL CAUSE TOW COMPONENT FAILURE
OVER TIME.
10.
What is balanced braking?
Balanced
braking simply means that ToadStop applies only enough pressure
to the towed brake pedal to bring the vehicle to a halt.
You do the same thing every time you stop your vehicle when
you’re driving. In fact, you never use extreme pressure
to stop your vehicle when driving, and you never push past the
stop of the vehicle. To push past the stop, would put
unnecessary pressure on the hydraulic fluid to the brake
calipers and brake cylinders, which is detrimental to the brake
system.
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