Don White wrote:

Terry Spragg wrote:

John Chaplain wrote:

I have a tandem trailer with freebacking brakes and I need to replace
same. My question is should I replace the existing brake set with
freebacking brakes or just a standard brake set?

It sems to me that I had a lot of problems with my brakes sticking
this season and I'm wondering if it has been due to having
freebacking brakes? Do they tend to stick and jam more than standard
brakes?

TIA
John C.



Hydraulic trailer brakes require a properly maintained and adjusted
backup solenoid circuit to disable trailer brakes while backing. This
works off the reverse gear lamp circuit.

If working good, no problems.

Else, problems.

Terry K

Can't you just jump out of the tow vehicle and flip a little
lever/switch on the coupler to de-activate the brakes for backing up?

That would be one option, more likely on older systems, too easy to
forget to reactivate after loading but before leaving for the
highway. I would much prefer a properly maintained idiot proof system.

Terry K