You likely became well aware of the need for a brake controller the first time you ever drove a tow vehicle with a travel trailer on a trip. It’s no wonder why most states require them. Their purpose ...

It’s imperative to have a trailer brake controller when towing a trailer that has electric or electric over hydraulic brakes. In most states, an adjustable trailer brake controller is required when ...

There are two things to know if you’re going to tow a trailer: Towing is never a trivial matter, and you can never have too much brakes. If you can't pull a trailer over a hill because you don’t have ...

Let's talk towing, but not from the "lb-ft of torque" or other truck capability perspectives that typically are the focus in a pulling heavy loads discussion. No. For this report, braking, ...

When towing, each state has its own rules as to how much you can tow before trailer brakes are required and for good reason; you don't want to find out on a downhill, during inclement weather, that ...

Your car's brakes are designed to stop your car, not the extra couple thousand pounds you've hitched to the back. When your trailer doesn't have its own braking system, all that extra momentum, or ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE -- Haldex's new Intelligent Trailer Control Module (ITCM) expands the capability of trailer ABS systems to include faster communication and increased functionality. Haldex announced the new ...

A modern tow package may fail in a manner that is invisible to the driver in the cab: the trailer will continue moving but important rear lights and brake controls may not reach the trailer. That ...

GM has issued a service bulletin for certain units of the GMC Sierra, GMC Yukon and GMC Hummer EV due to an issue with the brake control switch. The problem: affected vehicles equipped with the ...

A hydraulic surge-brake actuator is one of those items you rarely think about until it malfunctions and wreaks havoc with your boat-trailer brakes. Sometimes the hydraulics in the actuator develop a ...