Mounted search and rescue

[ALLEN SNYDER <allendana1@sbcglobal.net>]

I have had this happen and once it needed an adjustment easily done at the trailer service center that installed my electronic brakes.  The next time, I learned my wiring harness had been pulled loose by a possum I accidentally hit or rolled underneath my trailer one night as it sits pretty low.  It is amazing how much damage it did and they showed me the loose wire they spliced and re-secured to the cross members of the underside of our trailer.  Fortunately, neither was very expensive.

If your trailer floor is low as many step ups are, it would not be hard to drive over brush/debris in the field and loosen/damage wiring or get something caught as you suspected.  Hope this helps and let us know what you learn.  Dana Snyder, OPMSAR and Shawnee County Sheriff's Posse

--- On Sun, 4/15/12, Una Smith <una.smith@att.net> wrote:

From: Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>
Subject: [MSAR] Trailer one brake locking up
To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012, 1:42 PM

Not MSAR relevant except that it concerns readiness for safe emergency
response.

This is a dual axle trailer with electric brakes that hasn't been used
for months (winter) and now is not 100%.  One brake is locking up at
the slightest touch of the brake pedal that actuates the brake lights.
Could this be a wiring fault?  Or could some object be embedded in the
brake pad?  Or?

Anyone have relevant experience?

    Una Smith
    New Mexico
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