Brake emergency (breakaway) cable problem
I had an interesting experience with a trailer emergency brake cable, the one that activates the brake if the trailer breaks loose from the TV. I came back to the trailer, and saw the switch end of th...
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bguy wrote:
Once the brakes lock you have no more control of the trailer. I personally have no desire to be attached to an 8-10 thousand pound out of control trailer hoping it stays in line and doesn't come around on me.
The system is intended to apply full brake once the trailer comes completely detached from the vehicle.
I have a hard time visualizing how a trailer with the brakes locked can "come around on me." It seems to me that the locked brakes will hold the trailer as far to the rear as they can.
