How to Select a Trailer Hitch
Match hitch class to the door sticker and the live card before you shop a heavier trailer than the vehicle can honestly tow.
Watch on YouTubeTrailer Breakaway Kit Tips (Canada)
Looking for practical Soft-Trac trailer breakaway kit tips in Canada? Start by deciding whether you want a complete kit or separate switch, battery, and charger parts, then open CURT 52026 for the Soft-Trac 2 complete kit path or CURT 52041 for the Soft-Trac 1 complete kit path. Both live kits include the breakaway pieces that activate electric trailer brakes if the trailer separates, with a cable lanyard and a twelve volt battery in a lockable case on the live cards. This page is about complete Soft-Trac kits versus buying the pieces separately, not a redo of bike tray, round-bar weight distribution, gooseneck chain, sway-tab, cargo net, dual-receiver, pintle, or anti-rattle essays. Confirm ratings on the live product cards. Canada orders often ship free on qualifying baskets, so confirm the cart note before you check out.
Parts-counter shortcut.
Complete Soft-Trac kits save a parts hunt when the trailer still needs a full breakaway stack.
For switch test habits open
breakaway switch test tips.
For battery charge and storage habits open
breakaway battery tips.
For charger habits open
breakaway charger tips.
Prefer the full index?
Open the towing guides hub.
Watch these CURT videos first
All four videos are from the official CURT YouTube channel (@curtmfg). Use them for class selection, install habits, wiring basics, and ball-mount height before you dig into the product cards below.
If an embed does not load, use the YouTube link under the card. Soft-Trac breakaway kit shoppers still need an honest axle count, a charged battery plan, and a cable clip habit before they treat a complete kit as a fix for every electric-brake question.
Trailer Hitch Installation Techniques
Confirm the live card still lists your year and configuration. Shared sheets are easy to mix up when sibling badges sit nearby.
Watch on YouTubeHow to Connect a Trailer Wiring Harness
Plan lights after the hitch. A four-flat or seven-way still needs a clean ground before the first night tow.
Watch on YouTubeHow to Choose a Ball Mount and Trailer Ball
Match shank size to the live tube, then level the trailer with rise versus drop once the hitch is on.
Watch on YouTubeWhat these live CURT Soft-Trac kits actually do
CURT 52026 is the Soft-Trac 2 complete breakaway kit on the live card. It activates electric trailer brakes in a breakaway event, lists compatibility with trailers that have up to three axles, includes a forty eight inch cable lanyard, and ships with a twelve volt battery in a lockable case. The live notes say the battery can be recharged with breakaway charger 52025. Easy one-bolt installation language on the card means you still confirm the mounting point on your trailer frame before you drill anything that is not required.
CURT 52041 is the Soft-Trac 1 complete breakaway kit on the live card. Same breakaway job, same up-to-three-axle compatibility note, same forty eight inch cable lanyard, and the same twelve volt battery plus lockable case story. The live notes again point at charger 52025 for recharge. Use the Soft-Trac 1 card when that is the stocked complete-kit path that matches your trailer plan, and use Soft-Trac 2 when that is the stocked path that matches instead. Do not invent a capacity story that the live cards do not print.
Capacity honesty means axle count, battery charge state, and cable clip habits come from the live cards and the trailer plan, not from a made-up legal cutoff on this page. Confirm local rules for breakaway equipment instead of treating a parts essay as law. Lowest honest rating among the brakes, battery, and trailer still wins.
Soft-Trac 2 kitCURT 52026Complete Soft-Trac 2 breakaway kit with cable, battery, and lockable case on the live card.
Soft-Trac 1 kitCURT 52041Complete Soft-Trac 1 breakaway kit with cable, battery, and lockable case on the live card.
CURT 52026 Soft-Trac 2
In-stock complete Soft-Trac 2 breakaway kit path when a full kit still fits the trailer plan on the live card.
Open live 52026 product →Parts-counter note. Step to 52041 when that Soft-Trac 1 complete kit is the honest stocked path. Switch, battery, and charger habits stay on the existing tips pages when you are replacing one piece instead of buying a full kit.
Complete kit versus buying the pieces
Step 1Decide kit or pieces
Buy a complete Soft-Trac kit when the trailer still needs the full stack. Buy separate switch, battery, or charger parts only when one piece failed.
Step 2Match axle notes
Confirm the live Soft-Trac card still lists your axle count before you cart. Guessing from a photo is how kits get oversold.
Step 3Plan the charge path
Both live kits point at charger 52025 for recharge. Open the charger tips page for the deeper habit notes.
Step 4Test before the trip
Open the switch test and battery tips pages for pin-pull checks and charge state instead of reinventing those essays here.
Complete kits
Soft-Trac 2 and Soft-Trac 1
Live 52026 and 52041 are complete breakaway kit paths.
- Cable lanyard plus twelve volt battery in a lockable case on the live cards
- Up to three axles noted on the live Soft-Trac wording
- Confirm which Soft-Trac card matches your stocked path
Separate pieces
When a full kit is overkill
Replace only the failed piece when the rest of the stack still works.
- Switch test habits stay on the switch test tips page
- Battery charge habits stay on the battery tips page
- Charger habits stay on the charger tips page
Honesty
No invented cutoff
Breakaway kits do not invent a legal trailer limit.
- Confirm local breakaway rules instead of quoting a parts page as law
- Axle count and charge state come from the live cards and the trailer plan
- This page does not redo bike tray, round-bar WD, gooseneck chain, sway-tab, cargo net, dual-receiver, pintle, or anti-rattle essays
Related guides worth opening
Breakaway switch test tipsPin-pull checks that stay on that page
Breakaway battery tipsCharge and storage habits for the trailer battery
Breakaway charger tipsRecharge habits when the live kit points at 52025
Trailer brakes and breakaway kit guideBroader electric versus surge context beside these Soft-Trac kits
Parts-counter summary: Soft-Trac breakaway kit shoppers decide complete kit versus separate pieces first, start with live CURT 52026 for Soft-Trac 2 or live CURT 52041 for Soft-Trac 1 when a full kit still fits, take the lowest honest rating in the brake stack, and open the switch test, battery, or charger tips pages when the question is those habits rather than this complete-kit page.
