electric brake wiring

Why solder?

because the screw wouldnt do up properly hence soldering it in.

Most good quality plugs will take 6mm no problem. It's the cheap ones that don't.

I've done hundreds, no problems with the screws.

I was just curious as to why it was soldered.
Following a thread here last week, I asked one of our marine electronics technicians about soldered cable terminals versus crimped.
His opinion is crimped 100%.

Hi Charlie,

I think this a bit too much of a generalisation. Vehicle hitch and van coupling heights vary over a very wide range and, for example, while the ends of the bars being 130mm from the ground on a Falcon towing an A-liner might result from a proper set-up, it would probably represent a totally incompetent set-up on a raised Landcruiser towing a Bushtracker.

Al, if you read this, please feel free to send me an email and I'll send you a copy of some notes I wrote for a friend on H-R hitch set-up a while ago. We've been on the road for most of the last 6 1/2 years and I think I've got the system sussed out reasonably well, not from well-meant hearsay, but from technical sources and industry experts.

Ian
You assume I am generalising with my reply. I have beem caravaning for over fifteen years and 9 of them with HR setups over 3 vans and vehicles. I sell and setup HR hitches to some of my customers. Yuo are correct in saying all the different styles and setups are all individual but HR in thier setup papers say that the min distance is 125mm from ground WHEN WORKING.

As I said 130mm required should have had min before 130mm my mistake.