4x4ord
Aug 16, 2021Explorer III
Oops
I forgot to back off the brake controller setting before sending my truck and fiver down the road with an inexperienced driver at the wheel. I was following along behind and noticed some very black l...
4x4ord wrote:
After setting the type of brakes you have (electric or electric over hydraulic) you can adjust the trailer brake gain setting. You should probably start with your controller set at about 6. At about 20 mph slide the manual trailer brake lever fully to the left …. If the trailer tires lock up on dry pavement back the setting off … it the tires rotate freely turn the setting higher. The goal is to adjust so that maximum braking can be achieved without wheel lock up. I am often at about 17000 lbs so a little over my trailer’s GVWR and my wheels will lock up at 6.5 on pavement.