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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 3905408" data-attributes="member: 42691">Here&#039;s why: if it is cold and there is any precipitation--fog, snow or rain--it doesn&#039;t take much for your trailer brakes to freeze up if they&#039;re engaged. If that happens, you&#039;ll have no choice but to get a hammer and crawl under the trailer axles and beat on the brake pads to knock them loose from the the drums. And you can&#039;t usually tell which ones are frozen. Which means you&#039;ll have to beat on all of them. With a set of doubles, this is a pain.And this usually happens in snow, so you&#039;ll be crawling around on the ground, getting soaked. And sometimes, even beating on the pads won&#039;t release them. One time, I did all that, got soaked, and still couldn&#039;t get them to release. Lucky for me, another trucker saw me, and put his chains on my hooks and drug me enough to get the brakes broken free.Trust me, you do this once, that will be enough for you. And unless you are on some crazy incline, your tractor brakes will hold you fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 3905408, member: 42691"] Here's why: if it is cold and there is any precipitation--fog, snow or rain--it doesn't take much for your trailer brakes to freeze up if they're engaged. If that happens, you'll have no choice but to get a hammer and crawl under the trailer axles and beat on the brake pads to knock them loose from the the drums. And you can't usually tell which ones are frozen. Which means you'll have to beat on all of them. With a set of doubles, this is a pain. And this usually happens in snow, so you'll be crawling around on the ground, getting soaked. And sometimes, even beating on the pads won't release them. One time, I did all that, got soaked, and still couldn't get them to release. Lucky for me, another trucker saw me, and put his chains on my hooks and drug me enough to get the brakes broken free. Trust me, you do this once, that will be enough for you. And unless you are on some crazy incline, your tractor brakes will hold you fine. [/QUOTE]

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