Section XIV
Trailering Your Boat
Trailer & Towing | Connecting the Trailer |
The trailer supplied with your Supra was designed especially for the boat with your convenience in mind. Please be sure that you have an appropriate tow vehicle before attempting to trailer your boat. Your vehicle must be capable of towing 5,000 lbs. and must be fitted with no less than a Class III (5,000 lb. max.) trailer hitch.
Read the trailer towing section of your vehicle owner’s manual before towing your trailer.
All Supra trailers require a 2” ball and a five (5) pin marine grade trailer wiring connector. The standard height from the ground to the top of the hitch ball should be about 20 inches. With the trailer attached to the tow vehicle, the trailer should stand approximately level.
Trailer Plug Wire
Schematic
White: Ground
Green: Right Turn / Brake
Yellow: Left Turn / Brake
Brown: Running Lights
Blue: Reverse Lights
NOTE: Supra trailers feature disk brakes. The 5th wire (blue) on the wire connector needs to be connected to your vehicle’s reverse lights to be operative. This wire (blue) provides power to a solenoid which deactivates the brakes while in reverse. You may still tow your trailer without the blue wire connected, however, you may experience difficulty backing the trailer.
When connecting the trailer to your tow vehicle use the following procedure:
1.Raise the tongue with the trailer jack, position the trailer tongue directly over the 2" ball, and lower the jack until the tongue goes all the way down over the ball.
2.Press down on the latch until it locks on the ball with a “click.”
NOTICE: If your hitch ball has an excessive flat spot on top, the latch may not engage properly. If the latch does not catch, check with your dealer or hitch installer before trailering.
3.Insert the locking pin into the tongue. (Lock pin hole is on the side of the tongue)
4.When all weight is off the trailer jack, pull the jack lock pin and rotate the jack to the horizontal position and lock the pin.
5.Attach the safety chains to the tow vehicle hitch. Cross the chains and wrap them around each other once or possibly twice allowing just enough slack to permit tight turns of the vehicle and trailer.
6.Connect the trailer light plug to the tow vehicle connection to activate the lights.
7.Connect the brake safety cable.
BEFORE USE, READ ALL INFORMATION SUPPLIED WITH THE TRAILER BY THE MANUFACTURER.
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