Trailer Brake / Brake Controller Question
I have a 2012 Toyota Tundra and tow a 7100 pound travel trailer. My brake controller is an older Prodigy. The trailer ways a bit more than my truck. When I set up the brake controller (followin...
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mkirsch wrote:
Properly set, the wheels will NOT *NOT* **NOT** skid under any circumstances, but they will be set and adjusted to provide their maximum braking capacity.
Of course they will skid in your example. If they are set just short of skidding on the best surfaces, they will skid on surfaces that aren't quite as good.
The burnishing process, mentioned earlier, can cause a problem on new brakes. While the braking will be very poor till they are used quite a bit, turning up the controller to compensate will cause extreme usage of the magnets that still have not seated to the armature. So now you have brake shoes finally doing their job, and the drums and magnets are knackered.
