A few things that haven’t been mentioned about electronic brakes is a lot of manufacturers are integrating Anti-Sway features into their trucks, so when a truck and trailer start to sway, the tow vehicle responds by applying brakes per side independently until the rig is running strait. They have the same features while regular driving in snow, my 07 sierra 1500 took over when I tried to fish tail it in snow and it straitened itself back up.
My 05 F350 has a factory installed electronic brake controller, it doesn’t have sway control but it does integrate ABS into the trailer, so when the brakes lock up, it surges the truck and trailers brakes, supposedly for faster and shorter stops.
Note* the AUX 1-4 is switches for lights, 1 & 2 are for work lights on the bed. To the right of those switches is the brake controller. The Output screen will display a number of 1-14 how hard the brakes are set and being applied.
I’m kinda mad our trailers don’t have parking brakes, that would be a great feature but with the salt they drop around here during the winter, it would seize up in no time. You can’t even get people around here to adjust or grease anything, no way people here would keep up on more maintenance.
It’s not uncommon to see a trailer axle pouring smoke from lack of grease in the hubs. We even have ez lube axles, just pull off a rubber center cap and grease away, no packing bearings or anything.
On this side of the pond we are limited in a few ways, the tow vehicle has its limitations of what it can haul without trailer (GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)) and trailer is rated also. Combined GVW can’t exceed 26,001lbs, if it does you have to take classes, be tested and obtain a Class A license (commercial in most states) after you have a Class A license you can drive tractor trailers if you want up to 80,000lbs.
For farm use, I can drive a tractor trailer, only exception. No CDL requirements on Farm Use rigs. At least not here in Ohio.
My truck has a GVW of 13,000lbs, truck prob weighs 7k no more than 8k, leaves me with 5-6k of payload, truck and cargo (people and fuel included) can not exceed 13,000lbs. My truck can haul 13,300lbs conventional but to stay under 26,001lbs I can only hook a 13k trailer up, we don’t have 13k rated trailers so I would have to buy a 14k trailer and have the sticker changed to 10k.
Ford says my trucks total combined should not exceed 20,500lbs. Truck is 7-8k so that leaves around 13,300lbs being towed if the truck is basically empty.
Now if I have to pull off to a weigh station or get stopped by a police officer with scales, if my load is over the GVW I get a ticket. So if I put 13,000lbs on a 14k trailer that I had them put 10k stickers on, I get a ticket for being overweight on axles even know I’m within the equipments factory rating, they go by what the sticker says, if they can’t read the sticker they go off the tire rating.
White 05 4x4 dually has a GVW of 13k, blue 1995 2wd dually is 10k, both F350. Also had a 1990 f350 2wd SRW with a GVW of 8800lbs.
Each round bale is around 700lbs, 11 bales total.
), but I just replaced all 4 assemblies instead of trying to de-grease - not worth the risk re. diminished performance. Those EZ lubers can work OK, so long as appropriate minimal grease gets added vs. mileage run.