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*Drop Top 71* · 10-17-2004, 05:02 AM

They're so you can match the pull of the brakes on the trailer and tow vehichle so when you step on the brake they're both (vehichle and trailer) even and slow down at the same rate! You dont want your truck/trailer braking one more so then the other.

Example: While working we had to pull X tons of grapes on a utility trailer. We unloaded the fruit and forgot to set the grab of the brakes back DOWN after the fruit was off. Imagine what happend as soon as we lightly tapped the brakes on the way back, and the trailer brakes were still set for multiple tons...instead of non(no load)! Major tire smokage! The truck(F350) barely slowwed, while all four trailer tires locked up. Oooops

Anyways i got one stuck on my blazer too and highly doubt i'm ever going to pull anything so big it'll have trailer brakes. So what's the cleanest way to take one out and deal with the wires etc??

10-17-2004, 05:02 AM	#8
Drop Top 71 I don't get the hint that banned means banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Where the Bomb Dank Grows Posts: 43	They're so you can match the pull of the brakes on the trailer and tow vehichle so when you step on the brake they're both (vehichle and trailer) even and slow down at the same rate! You dont want your truck/trailer braking one more so then the other. Example: While working we had to pull X tons of grapes on a utility trailer. We unloaded the fruit and forgot to set the grab of the brakes back DOWN after the fruit was off. Imagine what happend as soon as we lightly tapped the brakes on the way back, and the trailer brakes were still set for multiple tons...instead of non(no load)! Major tire smokage! The truck(F350) barely slowwed, while all four trailer tires locked up. Oooops Anyways i got one stuck on my blazer too and highly doubt i'm ever going to pull anything so big it'll have trailer brakes. So what's the cleanest way to take one out and deal with the wires etc?? Last edited by Drop Top 71; 10-17-2004 at 05:05 AM.