Jackknife with Hensley

x96mnn wrote:
Where is it that people are seeing trailer brakes are designed to stop the weight of a trailer? I have never seen this, I have read they are designed for the assistance of stopping but they are not designed to bring a trailer to a stop per industry safty standards on their own.

"IF" you are pulled over here in the states, ONE of the tests done to rigs with electric brakes to verify they are working,,,,,,, pull the ebrake lanyard, you start the truck in first gear, if the brakes hold the truck, or a tire does not rotate, you have a good system. If any tire rotates, You have a failed brakes system, and you are red tagged, ticketed as such. Your trailer can not leave the road unless it is on another rig! So you get to have it fixed on the side of the road, or PAY to transport the trailer to a repair shop, it can not leave the repair shop until the officer or equal is able to inspect the trailer, to show that the brakes work!

So in reality, the truck brakes stop the manufacture rated gvwr, the trailer brakes need to hold BOTH the trailer gvwr and the truck gvwr!

So not sure where you got the impression trailer brakes assist the tow rig per say......ie it can be less than the gvwr of the trailer, you are VERY WRONG on that one.

Marty