This video shows brake testing on a 100ft Bridgwater carnival truck and trailer with nine axles. It highlights the safety checks required to ensure the vehicle is ready for the road.

Bill Snider still thinks about John Muir a lot. For most folks, if that name rings a bell, it’s probably ‘You mean the famous naturalist who helped establish Yosemite National Park and other ...

The trucks used for this test were off-the-shelf Freightliner Cascadias with the company’s standard brake offerings. There was nothing special about the brakes used in the test. Due to the transfer of ...

Equipment trailer brake mis-adjustments and failures can dramatically increase stopping distances, resulting in increased chance of collisions or loss of control. Properly maintaining your trailer ...

Lite-Check LLC is offering the new Detector 902 test instrument for trailer lights and air brake systems. The instrument is simple to operate using either the front panel switches or the full-function ...

Brake troubles often remain invisible until the problem shows up in an unusual circumstance, such as a full-pressure panic stop, or a situation where a fast release is needed, but the brakes just ...

Ford is facing another major recall involving trailer brake systems, affecting millions of vehicles across […] ...

I pulled onto the freeway towing our 25-foot sailboat. I looked in my mirror, and I was shocked to see heavy smoke coming from all four trailer wheels. I quickly pulled to the side of the road, and ...

Image source: General Motors Co. Wouldn’t it be nice if a pickup truck stopped in the same distance even when it is towing a hefty trailer? That was the notion behind a GMC engineering plan to ...

It’s impossible to fix something without understanding how it’s supposed to work. Brake system repair decisions can be difficult to make, and costly to execute, without a basic understanding of system ...

If you are towing a trailer weighing more than 1,650 pounds (750kg), it is likely a braked trailer. These heavier trailers, often with two or more axles, have their own electric brakes, which are ...