On my old equipment trailer I had to do two or three stops each morning to get the drum brakes working and even then I wasn't very happy with them. I finally bought a new trailer with electric over hydraulic disk brakes and am much happier with them. They were expensive ($1,700 option) but well worth it on a heavy trailer. Now if they would offer 4 wheel ABS with a better modulation system we could have some real brakes.