Towing Adapter Plugs with your truck

[sdeeter19555]

He wanted the male plugs for the trailer, not the female receptacles on the truck itself...

 

I've bought several new trucks over the years, companies have bought me new Fords; and not a single one of them came with anything more than the trailer brake pigtail and the 2x2.5 receiver adapter...like I stated, news to me.

 

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[redwngr]

GM used to supply a round to flat plug (for trucks equipped with only the round) back in the day when the trucks didn't have both.

[Nwatson99]

 

 

 

What is everything? You have the two most commonly used trailer plugs already installed on the bumper.

Well I always did get a 7way for wiring to a trailer harness and a 4way with pigtail to wire up trailers.

Ford always supplied those along with a factory plug and play with pigtail for wiring in a brake unit so it would plug right into the factory harness with their trucks.

Those three items I always received with my F-150 Lariats I was purchasing.

[sdeeter19555]

Is a pair of plugs, that can be bought at any parts house for $10, a deal breaker?

 

In my opinion, while it might be a nice jester to provide those with a truck, it was also an accessory that I bet most people would never use and only caused a price increase of the truck to reflect that freebie. Most people lack the skills to install the plugs on a trailer, most trucks I see don't ever see a trailer hooked to them in their lifetime, and (the last I bought a new trailer, which was October) trailers usually come with plugs pre-installed.

 

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[Britt Lifsey]

Well I always did get a 7way for wiring to a trailer harness and a 4way with pigtail to wire up trailers.[/size]

Ford always supplied those along with a factory plug and play with pigtail for wiring in a brake unit so it would plug right into the factory harness with their trucks.[/size]

 

Those three items I always received with my F-150 Lariats I was purchasing.[/size]

Where do you get a trailer with lights and wire harness but no plug? It makes no sense that truck mfr would include those.

[Britt Lifsey]

You really do not need any adapters as you have both plugs in the bumper for the type the trailer has. They used to supply an adapter to the 4 pin plug when you only had the 7pin plug in the bumper..

My boat trailer has a 5 pin plug so I have to use a 7 to 5 adapter. Pin 5 would be for electric solenoid to lock out surge brakes when in reverse. Oddly enough, my trailer is small enough to not need brakes but I guess trailer mfr standardized on one harness for all trailer sizes.

[MikeNH]

Ford absolutely does not supply a "trailer side" connection, no one does. Maybe the dealer tossed that in. But your truck has both plugs and the brake controller. All you need is the ball and a trailer. No reason to supply anything else.

[Nwatson99]

Ford absolutely does not supply a "trailer side" connection, no one does. Maybe the dealer tossed that in. But your truck has both plugs and the brake controller. All you need is the ball and a trailer. No reason to supply anything else.

I hate to break it to you, but you are dead and apparently do not know what you are referring to.

 

My 2006 lariat which I still own has the following and came with the following off of the Ford Dealership, the exact same as my 2004 Lariat and 2001 Lariat did also:

 

Installed under the bumper is a 4way and 7way receptacles just to the left of the towing receiver.

 

What came with the truck located in the inside of the cab in bags were

 

7-way trailer plug

 

4 way trailer plug

 

Factory plug with pig tail to wire into a brake control unit, then plug into the factory wiring harness for the brake control unit

 

A fuse to install in the fuse box which was located under the hood for the brake control unit.

 

[Britt Lifsey]

Are you meaning something like this?

 

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[Ravenkeeper]

 

Folks like I have posted previously first time back into the GM line in over 20 years so forgive the question on this.

I noticed I did not receive the 7-way or 4-way wiring adapters to fit my towing package on the GMC like I had on my previous six F-150s'.

Now when I test drove a Z71, there was a small cardboard box in the black floor board and the salesman stated to me that was the adapter plugs for the towing package.

Was the Chevy salesman correct and should have I received the adapter plugs for the towing package on this new GMC?

 

 

 

The only adapter that the dealership gave me, when I purchased mine, was for the aftermarket brake controller.