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- From: "Rick Tracy" <rick@westcoastframe.com>
- To: "'Karen Nesbitt'" <spanishequines@yahoo.com>, "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trailer trouble
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:43:56 -0700
Karen, All points well taken. We always use
dielectric grease for the connections and on the plug and receiver. When
I upgrade any trailer lights and wiring I always use heat shrink connectors and
tie up wiring to keep from getting grabbed on something on the road. Switching
all of the lights to LED will save many headaches of the old incandescent
lights. There is still the part of bad grounds
that will cause gray hairs. The better you can have your ground
isolated or dedicated the better. Rick Tracy 3203-D 916-371-6100 Office 916-825-7422 Cell 916-371-4072 Fax This e-mail and attachment(s) may contain
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[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nesbitt RESPONDING
TO: Message: 2 Just some of
what we had gone through... and been advised... Braking
systems can be a pain in the a-hem. And 9 times out of ten its wiring, or
a crack there in, bad grounding. Many trailer problems are often
because a short someplace in the wiring.. since trailers sit much of the
time the wiring can go bad in the most unreahable places just from none
use. It can get dried and crack and then moisture starts working on
the metal and then you garner a shorting of some description messing with
brakes and or lights. Or if its lights... just the simple road with
potholes can wreck havoc with lighting. They will loosen and then garner
dirt in the sockets and cause them to blink and fuses can pop or come
unglued. But most often its been wiring and sooner or later between the
weather, potholes, the roadgrit and mice.. the full harness needs
replacing. Road grit can vibrate oiut casuing a temporary issue. I have
heard from others that have aluminum trailers, the light weight trailers seem
to have more trouble than the older heavier weight trailers do with
lighting because of more vibration and less stability. The old "iron"
trailers were solid and more stable, but still road vibration caused lights to
blink and road dirt getting into the sockets and or shaking wiring losing
the ground.. But for what that is worth.. just our offering of our
experience. Mice can get into the most ridiculuos places when wiring is
concealed. One of the things a lot of horsemen forget or dont
know is to grease the ball or plate of the hitch....years back..
I didnt know at the time if this guy was putting me on, but said if the
ball of a tagalong was not greased it could effect the grounding of the
harnesses.. he was an old cowpoke, so I figured he knew what he was
saying. Sure nuff! He slapped some vaseline of all things
on the ball and that old trailer stopped it and a young me from doing
stupid. When we were on the road a lot, we had less problems
with trailers that were used more often than when taking them out of storage.
"Dustbnnies" can be a pain to diagnos! Hand braking
brake boxes if not adjusted properly to the load can often be a simple problem
too. Always test them and adjust them before getting on the road as
the load may not always be the same weight as last time, load shift if you have
stuff other than the horses like hay that is used on the road.. and
periodically check them on long hauls. Sway can be a horrible issue
especially with LIVE weight. Sway bars help, but they dont prevent stupid
or rollovers. Dirt in the
couplers..making faulty grounds too. Good luck
with your problems. Staysafe. Karen
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Re: [MSAR] Trailer trouble,
Karen Nesbitt, 04/17/2012
- Re: [MSAR] Trailer trouble, Rick Tracy, 04/17/2012
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