Issue with trailer brakes, need guidance

mimmell wrote:
Good evening everyone. My wife and I are new to the travel trailer life and we had an issue on our trip this past weekend.

I drive an 2014 f-250 and we have an Aspen Creek 2850 bunkhouse. We hooked up to leave for the long weekend and the truck threw a “Wiring Fault on Trailer” error. We started driving

I'm I the only one that sees a problem with this statement?

and then we noticed that the trailer brakes were smoking. Upon inspection, I had accidentally pulled the emergency trailer release cable with the tongue jack.

We installed the plunger and the brakes released. However I am continuing to get the error on the truck and the trailer brakes are not engaging. The initial thought was that I burned up the brakes and they were not functioning. However I got home tonight and inspected the wiring on the brakes and they looked fine. I pulled the plunger on the emergency brake release and the trailer brakes engaged. Installed the plunger and they released. The brakes appear to be functional. So is the issue with the truck trailer brake controller or do I have to reset something on the trailer? Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

I have a real hard time understanding this. The truck indicates there might be a issue with a major safety device, but you start to drive. And when you start the vehicle proves there is a issue, but the trip is more important...
As to the minor problem of the brake controller, the paper that came with my after market controller warns of damage in the exact circumstance you describe.