One of these:

https://www.etrailer.com/Wiring/Pollak/PK12741.html 
<https://www.etrailer.com/Wiring/Pollak/PK12741.html>

and the appropriate adapters.   Or just buy one of each:

https://www.etrailer.com/Wiring/Brophy/F4CT.html 
<https://www.etrailer.com/Wiring/Brophy/F4CT.html>
https://www.etrailer.com/Wiring/Tow-Ready/TR20116.html 
<https://www.etrailer.com/Wiring/Tow-Ready/TR20116.html>

The 7 flat stabs in a round connector is probably most common, followed by the 
6 round and then the 4 flat

Mark


> On Aug 7, 2018, at 10:11 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> 
> Yep,  most common for RVs.
> Have to have working brakes on everything.
>  
> From: Nate Burke <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2018 7:36 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Trailer plug hell
>  
> I might be wrong, but I think he means 7 flat pins in a round configuration, 
> as opposed to 7 round pins in a round configuration.
> 
> What does UHaul Use for pin configuration?  I figure that those trailers make 
> it from coast to coast on a weekly basis, so whatever they do is probably the 
> most standard.  
> 
> On 8/7/2018 7:53 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>> I don't think I've ever seen 7 flat.
>> 
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>> From: "Chuck McCown"  <>mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>
>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group"  <>mailto:af@af.afmug.com 
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>> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 9:39:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Trailer plug hell
>> 
>> 7 pin flat seems to be on almost everything around here except for the semi. 
>>  It is round.  But the wiring pinout of the connectors are diffferent.
>>  
>> I think I am going to make come kind of comprehensive test box that has the 
>> plug, socket.  Lights on each wire and a switch to energize each wire. 
>>  
>> From: Mike Hammett <>
>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2018 8:33 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Trailer plug hell
>>  
>> 7 pin round is what's most common, but then there are different pinouts. 
>> What's "common" isn't so common.
>> 
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>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group"  <>mailto:af@af.afmug.com 
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>> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 9:29:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Trailer plug hell
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>> I have to do 7 pin round for the semi.  I am planning to do 7 pin flat for 
>> everything else.
>> But I want the wiring to be the same and I want it to be as common to other 
>> things as possible. 
>>  
>> I wish there were standards. 
>>  
>> From: Cameron Crum <>
>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2018 8:26 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Trailer plug hell
>>  
>> They make adapters to go between. I find the old 4 prong to be the most 
>> common on the trailers I have used/rented. My truck came with both a 7pin 
>> and a 4 pin jack already installed, but it also has a stock trailer brake 
>> control. 
>>  
>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Chuck McCown < <> <>ch...@wbmfg.com 
>> <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:
>>> I have a bunch of trailers and a bunch of trucks.  I even have a semi truck.
>>> Is there a wiring orientation that is more used than the others? 
>>> I have found so many different socket and plug diagrams that I find it 
>>> amazing that it has never been standardized. 
>>>  
>>> I am going to build a converter so I can plug the semi tractor into some of 
>>> my other trailers that the the flat blade connectors.
>>> It will take an electric brake controller in the semi and some kind of 
>>> diode box to combine some of the lines.  Those are available on the retail 
>>> market.
>>>  
>>> But the number of connections and the wiring of the connections seems all 
>>> over the map. 
>>>  
>>> Opinions please. 
>>>  
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