Electric Brakes on your trailer are similar to the drum brakes on your car. The difference is that your car brakes are actuated by hydraulic pressure, while your electric trailer brakes are actuated by an electromagnet. The electrical current is fed into the system by the in-car controller and it flows through to the electromagnets
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Excavator Trailer: Make sure your safety chains are up to the task
Trailer safety chains, getting it right. All pig trailers with rigid drawbars (with or without breakaway brakes) and any other trailer without breakaway brakes must be fitted with safety chains that are marked in accordance with the relevant Australian Standard. It must comply with the following: – trailers that do not exceed 2500kg ATM must
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