Trailer Brakes - How hot is TOO hot?
Hi everyone, I have a new rig (see sig). It weighs 12,130 lbs unloaded and we may have 400lbs loaded in it so we're not close to overloaded. I've been worried because I have the gain set to 10 (...
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I measure mine just after pulling into the house to get info on how they are working. I have seen 133 deg just after parking during stop and go traffic, if all are within 10 deg of that I am ok with that. Get an infrared gun. I had one 15 deg higher than all the others last year and had blown a seal, saved me from an expensive repair. Depends on ambient temp of course, in 90 deg weather I see around 113-121 after 50 miles towing on the freeway. I always check at the same place.
