Trailer brakes weak, a few questions:
32 foot TT, about 7000 pounds plus our gear and stuff: I've noticed the brakes are underperforming substantially. Got the gain on the Prodigy turned all the way up, when I grab the lever and throw ...
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wopachop wrote:
Wait a second. This came up before with the emergency brake system.
If you remove your batteries from a trailer will the brakes work properly?
For normal stops, yes. The power comes from the tow vehicle. Batteries on the trailer supply power for breakaway situations. Important if needed but hopefully you will never need that. And it probably is a different battery from the one that runs the camper. You should pull the breakaway cable now and then to be sure that the emergency breaking works.
