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Originally Posted by 4Fun
If you have hydraulic brakes you probbaly should NOT unplug your lights. When backing up the signal from the reverse lights prevents the trailer brakes from engaging.
I can hardly move my trailer backwards if the plug is not in...
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Most trailers with hydraulic brakes have an over ride for this purpose.......mine is a little lever I have to move up so that the coupler can't slide back... The other option is to get the trailer into position, and once it is going down hill down the ramp, pull the plug, and gravity will keep the brakes from engaging.
Now as for leaving you lights plugged in....the bottom line is this:
DO WHAT MAKES YOU COMFORTABLE!!!!!!
I personally unplug my lights... not because I have too, but because for years that what my family always did. I know my boat trailer has sealed lights, and so does my jetski trailer. But it is simple enough to just pull the plug, and it is part of the ramp procedure for me.