Disk Breaks

[John R]

Otto - I'm no expert on trailer braking (or really any braking for that matter) but in automotive terms 90% of the time when brakes lock up they become drastically less effective. Maybe there is a market for trailer ABS, I dunno. But in most cases a locked up wheel under a panic braking causes loss of steering and control on those wheels. I'm just guessing but in a trailer with a panic swerve, locked trailer brakes and ABS modulated truck brakes could "potentially" cause the trailer to try to walk around the truck - jacknife style.

The 2 biggest problems with ABS in general vehicle terms are in real icy conditions locking up can lead to shorter braking (with near zero directional control so its really a toss up). Second, in cars equipped with good brakes and ABS outbraking the non ABS equipped car directly behind with poorer stopping ability - causing the car in back to strike the car in front in the ass...

[ October 29, 2003, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: John R ]