https://www.ebay.com/itm/MAGNETIC-LOCK-OUT-KEY-FOR-U-F-P-TYPE-SURGE-BRAKES-BACK-UP-BUDDY/120941559235?hash=item1c28adbdc3:g:vlEAAOSwhbJbEbN9:rk:1:pf:0

This works fine for my trailer

Have you checked the blue wire inside the tongue? The blue wire is the brake wire and can get unplugged, on my 2016 ez loader skeeter trailer, it is a male and female plug that is not that strong, I got rid of the plug and crimped them together.

Man the information given here is hillarious. The power to the reverse lights release the trailer breaks when backing up, so if wired correctly and working correctly you could back up Mount Everest without rigging up some type of �do it for dale� contraption

Gig em and captain, are you using a 4 flat connector? Do you have backup lights on your trailers? I can't imagine a 2016 trailer not having a solenoid even if it has surge brakes. Like Jake said, your backup lights, or 5th pin, is what activates the solenoid.

Ok I just crawled under the trailer and there is a solenoid on it. So I apologize for saying that it wasn't on there. I know the backup lights work on the trailer so I guess I will check and see if there is power to the solenoid when the truck is in reverse. I know it has never worked since I have owned the trailer. Thanks guys for all the info. Yes I do believe in fixing it right and not rednecking it. My owners manual has nothing in it about the solenoid. Mainly because the owners manual covers several hitches. Thanks again for forcing me to look further at the situation. It is the seven way plug rv style

No back up lights on my trailer but I have a 2018 truck and the 4 pin connector plugs into a big 7 pin round connector that hooks to the truck. I've replaced the factory actuator. I'm thinking captain has the same trailer hook up as mine.

Talk about hillarious. Power from the backup lights dont release the brakes. It powers a solenoid that blocks the hydraulic fluid from transferring from the master cylinder to the wheel calibers. This prevents the brakes from applying.

Scratching the bottom of the barrel there. Sorry I missed the solenoid in my discription. Point being when you put it in. Reverse it requires power to release the breaks, be it by solenoid, or by a little garden gnome that lives next to the master cylinder

Have someone stand by solenoid while you put vehicle in reverse. You state reverse lights are working on tow vehicle and trailer. They should hear a �click� at solenoid if it�s activating.

Again, it don't release the brakes. It prevents them from being applied. Big difference.

Boy have you got it wrong. but thanks for the laugh.

This is what I use when moving the trailer around with my side by side. 2018 Skeeter. This part crimps on at your tongue and has a strong magnet. Replaces the "key" that Skeeter no longer supplies on their trailers.
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Sea...ler_Brake_Release_Key/descpage-SFRM.html

Explain it then.

Explain it again? I already explained it in this thread it hasnt changed since then.