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  • From: Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>
  • To: MSAR <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>, "Mounted search and rescue in Illinois USA." <msar-il@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trailer trouble
  • Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:06:59 -0700 (PDT)

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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:54:00 -0600
From: Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trailer one brake locking up
To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Message-ID: <20120417135400.GA21120@att.net" ymailto="mailto:20120417135400.GA21120@att.net">20120417135400.GA21120@att.net>
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Great leads, everyone.  I'll let you know what the problem turns out to
be.

I had a similar problem on my horse trailer 2 years ago, that went away
and never was diagnosed.  This winter over multiple trips into the high
mountains the wiring proved to be unreliable.  Lights working, then not,
then working again.  Brakes locking, then not working at all.  Luckily,
I am a belt-and-suspender type person and drive defensively.  Then it
all started working normally again.  Now the task is to find a mechanic
who can find the problem.

I also expect to be towing a SAR communications trailer that has its own
peculiarities.  It weighs as much as my horse trailer with 1 horse loaded
but it has a single axle and no brakes.  It has so much less margin for
error.

Stay safe,

    Una Smith
    New Mexico


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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:09:19 -0500
From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trailer one brake locking up
To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Message-ID: <7690BB706BBA4B1F9FCF6D79A0538CD1@irvsbigbox>
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There are usually two problems with small trailers. They have high centers
of gravity (especially if a tower is mounted on the roof), and they don't
want to stop.  Generally, your tow vehicle should weigh 3 times what the
trailer weighs and expect to go through vehicle brakes rapidly.  Another
problem is the coupler.  They are usually the cheapest kind of ball coupler.
stamped sheet metal, and everything is short-- tongue, wheel base, chains,
cables.  Greater Philadelphia SAR had a "tool box" unit that had the body
above the axle and really didn't like potholes--small wheels.  Behind a
Suburban it shook at 50 and often turned on one wheel. It is still parked at
the county fire academy lot.
Irv Lichtenstein

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Una Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:54 AM
To: Mounted search and rescue
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trailer one brake locking up

Great leads, everyone.  I'll let you know what the problem turns out to
be.




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Just some of what we had gone through... and been advised...
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