BRAKES LOCKED UP! | Never Trust a Trailer

Flat deck trailer locked up! How to fix the electric brakes?
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[@jamess5872]

Locked brakes just means you need a bigger truck to pull it.

[@freedumbsquirts4809]

I witnessed a foreskin pull a fully loaded double axle with the brakes locked across a job site with a ½ ton V6 Chevy. There were scalded tire marks for months!

[@terrybell898]

And lots of spares.

[@graymanA51]

Dont forget to stop every once n a while to rotate the tire a lug nut that way u get the mot from ur tires

[@rustyc]

Moar power!

[@ajaxracing]

I had a ranger fall off a car dolly(forwards onto the frame) and the tires wedged onto the ground went ahead and dragged it on home the last few miles down the freeway tires howling and smoking away lol

[@warddman]

Engage the safety sandals

[@rjk7104]

Is dewclaw Linus in disguise?

[@jqhartle]

chinese safety shoes

[@toddlaplanteVT85]

Is that DewClaw's tech tips?!

[@jz422]

You never know when a beach will land on you. you must always be prepared.

[@Mikel30222]

Steel toed and insulated soles.

[@steelwheelsminnesota]

"Good for another 100,000 kilometers, or until next hook-up." Too true!

[@johnpreisler6713]

its not as fun unless you're doing it on the side of the highway in the rain at night.

[@SternLX]

Been there done that while changing the head gasket on a older than Jesus Chevy 350. She was chugging coolant faster than a pirate with a keg of rum to himself.

[@aoeuidhtnsnthdiueoa]

Why is it always in the rain at night? EVERY FUCKING TIME. Nothing ever breaks within limping distance of my garage.

[@MarekLewandowski_EE]

@@aoeuidhtnsnthdiueoa oh, but sometimes it does! But if so, then something will fail in a way that you absolutely have to get the culprit out of the garage to proceed - for whatever reason, unimaginable prior to the event. Like the car lift dies right after winching the truck 10 inches off the ground.

[@Blanchy10]

I have only ever had two flat tyres on semi trailers. Both at night in the rain!

[@Mumblix]

It's also curious how the Statie always pulls up just as you're finishing. They're like blisters...they show up after the work is done.

[@tiredagain6722]

Everyone should own a trailer. I'm up to 4 and I have dain bramage!

[@CodyJv]

Shh and at least two trucks.

[@Disl3cic]

I lost my shit on this one. Well done.

[@edzo29]

@@CodyJv And you'll be damned if you ever find a combo that works.

[@allwaysinquire6212]

I have one trailer and thats enough been trying to guve up the drink nearly did than had to hitch up the trailer and bam drunk and swearing

[@dantheautoman3821]

Naw, I just have 2 motorcycles

[@dieselfueler]

"Longest bolt in history, Nyloc Nut...." I almost spit out my beer.

[@SuperAWaC]

count your fuckin' blessings it wasn't a stover nut

[@witeshrt]

My stomach hurts from sympathy laughter. Forkin nylocs...

[@eddiemartin2556]

Dewclaw was wearing “Air Jesus’es “.

[@brandonwaller1486]

Jesus cleats.

[@jackstrawjr2963]

Jerusalem cruisers

[@jfangx]

@@SH19922x Crimson caligula sounds like some kinda roman vigilante.

[@dinolino3313]

@@jackstrawjr2963 Thanks man, you made my day :D

[@ionhavoc2]

Enjoying watching your descent into madness.

[@Airman..]

ionhavoc2 definitely on meth

[@interstellarsurfer]

@@Airman.. Nah, he's been like this for years - and he's still got all his teeth. 😅

[@dtiydr]

Descent? He have always been there, and we all love it.

[@squib308]

@@Airman.. There's a whole contingent of folks that operate on similar mental frequencies and pathways. Odd you haven't noticed before. Then again, you mighta just thought we were... on meth, or crazy. Well, the effect is somewhat similar!

[@YodaWhat]

I dissent your madness!

[@woodscreekworkshop9939]

I’m Asian, I have a built-in safety squint 😒

[@mikeyanp1505]

LMFAO!

[@rahulsawant_pikachu]

Do you mean that it's always Active :P

[@Tom-gh8lz]

so thats how you people are so industrious

[@imagineaworld]

If you really are asian i love you so much

[@woodscreekworkshop9939]

Rahul Sawant that’s right

[@longlowdog]

Gotta love a 'tuber who voluntarily demons his vids in the first minute.

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

He's said many-a-time don't watch the ads that get injected into his vids. Ya might catch something that won't wash off.

[@AssassinMan308]

check out ziptiedandbiasplies

[@jasonswagger8440]

Hey, I work at snake river trailers, honestly surprised you didn’t curse out the workmanship more haha. I’ve been watching your videos for several years, love the content.

[@BramBiesiekierski]

Take it from a professional auto electrician. When dealing with trailers, its always easier to just re-wire than repair.

[@mattk252]

Yep not worth the hassle

[@kwisin1337]

Man, the most helpful advice is sometimes just simple.

[@steamfan7147]

How to repair trailer wiring in three easy steps- #1 Start at the rubber on the brake pedal and work your way out to the tires. #2 Rip all the old s***t out. #3 Replace all the old s***t with new s***t that works.

[@herpnderpn2484]

When you find wire nuts at literally all the connections......

[@Liamtronix]

The great thing about solenoids (or more generally, inductors) is they don't spark when you hook them up. Instead, they spark when you disconnect them!

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Dewclaw made himself a shirt out of the wrappers from Vietnames subs. Those are some mighty fine glue-stick skills there Dewclaw, very sharp looking, nice crisply-ironed creases. Give this man some glitter and a hot glue gun, I can't wait to see what kind of formal wear he'd make out of discarded Big Mac boxes.

[@freshlysquosen]

If he got down on his hands and knees he'd look like a picnic table.

[@williamsquires3070]

Famous saying of the day: “If you have a 3-wire harness, it’s always the 4th wire that carries the current!” 🤓

[@jamesbond9873]

I’m sorry Dave I’m afraid I can’t do that. This mission is to important for me to let you jeopardize it.

[@cjtzioumis686]

Yup, loved the 2001 reference

[@gorillaau]

Daisy, Daisy...

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

@@gorillaau ditto on the reference.

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

@@cjtzioumis686 I love the movie too but yeah great reference.

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

@@gorillaau also did you know the Alexa can do the song as well it if you have one you better try anyone.

[@lorenzo42p]

you don't like sparks? thought you'd be used to sparks, all the grinding you must do on your welds

[@jeffreyhueseman7061]

Electrickity Sparks not to be messed with.

[@ianlowe4666]

@@jeffreyhueseman7061 my favourite is 'eclectic trickery'

[@HorochovPL]

Just pour silicone on top of weld blank spots and paint it, nobody will know :D

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

That moment you decide "One last video." Then realizing you're going to be awake another 22 minutes.

[@drubradley8821]

I am past the point of trouble shooting brake wiring this days, as I am too old..... if there is an issue..... I just yank all of it off, and install a new kit and that solves having any issues for years, until you loan the trailer out to a best friend you didn't know you had, that naturally has the ability to screw it up while in transit to return your trailer back to you....

[@unknownium275]

I so love hearing him serenade to victory after completing a task. I have taken the anthem for my own now.

[@willmorton6800]

My favorite line "I like to do some of my thinking in my head..." LMAO

[@OnlyNotes]

"and the rest I do with my other head"

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

When I'm thinking out loud and some asshole asking if I'm talking to myself I always respond with "some of the best conversations I've ever had have been with myself". Usually gives me a wide berth.

[@theincrediblenoone]

Then I flush and get back to it.

[@sooke54]

Stolen from the Stooges: Curly: "I tried thinkin', but nothin' happened"

[@RBurwell]

Nice to see Dewclaw wearing the correct PPE for the job in hand. Safety squints and Vietnamese safety boots.

[@AverilDoyle]

Lmao! I thought the sticker on the tongue said "Okay to ship defective"

[@andykennedy3246]

Just a tip for the next time you use those tire plugs, you are supposed to burn the excess tips of plug hanging out after you install it. It serves to vulcanize and seal the plug into the tire.

[@adamkoster7574]

"Let's think this through, I like to do some of my thinking in my head...." I'm still laughing

[@pork_cake]

Man buys trailer, is super proud of it and won't come out of the garage for a week or two. A tale as old as time.

[@mikeschoolcraft21]

A long bolt with a nylock nut but in a place where you get less than 1/4 turn, laugh it up.

[@bansheemania1692]

This is where I Start from Scratch.. Rip out All the Old wire

[@mikecollins8241]

then Repeat every 5-7 years..

[@licensetodrive9930]

Electrical tape - yeah, how is it it's so sticky, but sticks to bugger all?

[@twizz420]

@@thewolfin Only the cheap garbage "vinyl tape" has glue that comes off. If you get actual electrical tape then the glue wont come off unless it gets really hot, and it also sticks a lot better.

[@mfThump]

@@twizz420 here in the desert that is texas that expensive elechickens tape might as well be molasses after any time out in the elements

[@twizz420]

@@mfThump to be fair, anything in the Texas desert is probably going to melt.

[@steampunkskunk3638]

That slime the tape develops has another issue, it's conductive. If you wrap electrical connections in it they can start shorting in a few years time.

[@gorillaau]

@@steampunkskunk3638 a reason to tape each connection separately and then if you must tape that section of the loom together. The next person to come along may curse you out if you do the latter

[@itsevilbert]

20:39 LMAO at "open the pod bay doors hal", such fantastic cinematography.

[@c31979839]

"can't play hockey, that fucking sucks" - most Canadian thing ever said.

[@MonkeyandsomeDouche]

“That’s just siliconcarne so we’ll just blast that back in there” I laughed way too hard at that 😂

[@carlwitt2663]

21:48 My new ringtone

[@LanceSheppard]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@rayg9069]

Often heard in hallowed workshops late on a Friday night when the last of 18 bolts holding a critical piece of equipment has just snapped off as you were torquing it up with a fully certified and calibrated torque wrench.

[@serpainc.3213]

No single man has the insestual fortitude to crack that many jokes . Gigs up Uncle Bob we know you have a staff of writers churnin them knee slappers out like a Canadian wildfire

[@torkdork69]

“I gotta get back to work so I can heal up” - one from the Claw I gotta use. Good stuff boys.

[@holdmybeer]

ive worked on many trailers. i try my best not to drive behind them.

[@motarded4214]

When dealing with trailer wiring, I've found if you're running the factory wiring the best thing to do is to just strip it all out. Run some nice, new Ancor trailer wire, use proper heatshrink butt connectors and get it sorted proper like.

[@Squat5000]

Polar wire is great trailer wire as well

[@802Garage]

This is honestly one of your best works for general fuckery and humor in a while.

[@fordrac1ng81]

Use a cordless drill with a bit to ream then use rubber cement to lube the plug

[@jmurphy1973]

How many picnic tables had to give up their cover for that shirt?!

[@Dingomush]

That connector on the trailer has a built-in countdown timer in it, as soon as it senses six hook ups or one hour it drops the brakes out and fuckers the turn signals. Every trailer has at least one!

[@charliejohnson2332]

We are laughing it up. As a prior rv tech, I'm loving this. As well as your content. Twin falls Idaho here. 😘 Regardless I need your new stickers!

[@allanisaacs4835]

Please, NEVER stop making videos.

[@noc8076]

Light the tire plug on fire for a few seconds and it will slip right in like if you spent hours liquoring it up beforehand.

[@noc8076]

And never rely on a vehicles ground. Always run a ground wire.

[@kitecattestecke2303]

Hey ground in cars as minus is ass like in tractors... Imagine the problems with modern glued cars yuk

[@trcostan]

Old Dewclaw was looking like he was ready to go to the club and tell sea stories to all the young lads!

[@brooksd3424]

Listening to those two brought back so many Trailer Park Boys memories.

[@markdoyle9642]

Old Timer's trick, "If it comes loose in your hand by shaking it, it ain't no friggin good" Wouldn't that also mean that if it comes loose in your hand by shaking it...it ain't good for friggin? This old DIYurselfer finally understands his problem! THANK You...I have hydraulic brakes on my trailer with surge protection. Dang, another revelation, look forward.

[@WhyIsTheCouchWet]

There's a pretty simple reason for this happening and honestly it's one of the most common reasons for trailer failures of all kind. Luckily there's a simple fix. You made the mistake of taking your eyes off the trailer for a period of longer than 2 seconds. If you can manage to not do this, you stand to get a solid 5-10% fewer trailer failures.

[@suikaneko]

Dewclaw: this thing suuucks! Me quietly: take it apart...

[@terrymoeller6464]

I honestly watched this entire video looking for information on how to , trouble shoot trailer brakes. I have tears in my eyes. Lol

[@TheRealCCSmith]

French Canadian hand models provide the most fabulous profanity for any subject.... in Texas we don't use trailer brakes, we just drag them with really big pickup trucks.

[@anchorbait6662]

"It's OK, it's only flat on the bottom." thanks uncle B. I just ejected the remainder of my coffee from my mouthhole. Now I gotta brew another batch. FAAAK!

[@gorillaau]

As an Australian I have to ask, were you having a flat white?

[@michaelt.9372]

As a Jew I can say its required to say L'chaim whilst stripping wire.

[@johnperry5396]

Even with so many incredibly fine internet sites out there for mechanically inclined people, this still tops them all. Intelligent, vastly knowledgeable, honest, self-deprecating, hilarious and bawdy, he is the best of the best.

[@stillliving5899]

The Dew Claw looks like his shirt was was made from a picnic table cloth, clashing with the blue shorts that are blinding my eye's, that's stile fella.

[@juststeve5542]

And behold, Brother Bumblefuck brought forth the holy Phallus of Canadiok.

[@stevebastien4787]

You sir are the king of tongue-i-lingus or tongue tangulations, either way...love ya!

[@concernedparent5646]

As an electrician, this guy cracks me up.

[@tik-tac-toe7864]

Dude your commentary is funny as hell. I as many enjoy watching you. Great job!!👍👍👍👍

[@mw-dc1by]

I see Dewclaw had his welding sandals on. Also, you say "Mazel Tov!"

[@StrayedOuttaCompton]

Nice.

[@Blasterxp]

In europe we have a break away cable which will the handbreak on the trailer. No battery. Also, when there is pressure on the car by the trailer, the couppling will will the handbreak aswell. It seems so much easyer!!!

[@roltskar]

Jep,, Mechanical inertial brakes (overrun brakes) here in europe. No wiring, very simpel and 30% of the time they work everytime. Unless you need to back up your rig on soft terrain :D

[@danhammond8406]

Those are surge brakes here in the states. We still use them and so does the military. Great unless you try to back up a hill or on soft ground.

[@--_DJ_--]

Good old bearing buddies, great for the bearings and for greasing up your linings. The only grease I put in trailer bearings is put there with the palm of my hand. You really should get in there and clean things up now and again. Never sneeze on the adjusters, lube the pivots, and the backing plates, new seal and a proper adjustment. Cheap peace of mind on the highway.

[@christopherpappas7474]

This episode will go down in history as the "Miracle of the Extension Cord". :O 🇬🇷☮️

[@randallneikirk6385]

The equipment for the trip to the moon only had to work for about a week.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

On the plus side the Dewclaw has himself a stylin' VW pickup!

[@Rockhound1943]

Dammit that should not have been as fun as it was to watch. Best video possibly ever.

[@Sparks52]

Looked like the outline of a famous cartoon mouse with big ears, but it was early in the day and my brain was still above the belt line. A few hours later might have been different. Been there, done that with trailer wiring, but wasn't the kind of problem you had. The wiring for the lights, including required running lights, was complete spaghetti bowl chaos. The trailer was a friend's and had been through two prior owners who kludged things together with no consideration of best practices for durability or reliability - and left behind all sorts of abandoned wire runs with splices everywhere using different colors, adding to the ambiguity. Getting the lights legal again on the side of the road - at night - was a challenge. At the earliest opportunity at his home we chopped out all the abandoned runs and re-ran proper wiring through the proper wiring races.

[@georgeduckworth4452]

Dude. 19:29 ish omfg I'm dying over here! I know I'm laughing it up lmao

[@halleffect1]

Rabbit Pickup, nice. I've got a few of them.

[@Simon_Rix]

I see Dewclaw is wearing his finest table cloth and California work boots.

[@bobmarlow2388]

Thanks so much for these videos never change! They make the grey miserable days in england so much better !

[@AlfOfAllTrades]

"Can't play hockey"... at least Dewclaw got his schtick in.

[@johnlemmey7698]

A wise man once told me " If you cant fix it with a hammer it is electrical"

[@martinus9755]

Obviously wasn't adept at bangin' pixies.

[@bebopalloobop]

Jeremy Clarkson?

[@johnlemmey7698]

@@bebopalloobop Not what i would call a wise man. Entertaining but not wise.

[@05AcuraRSXtypeS]

Very thoughtful of you to drop some free merch on your last sticker vid, also thoughtful making the free merch hoodies to help us with the cold... Texas is hella cold...

[@chubbysumo2230]

The middle wire is used for acessories or reverse lights, depending on how the truck side is wired. I have my own Vehicles wired so that the middle pin is for reverse lights, and many trailers do support this without you realizing it.

[@samuelscott1361]

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde

[@wearemilesfromnowhere4630]

My dentures fell out, I laughed so hard.

[@davidaue579]

Laughed so hard the last 3 minutes lol, love your videos! I broaden my vocabulary everytime lol

[@mikeyanp1505]

Thanks man! Really needed a good laugh tonight! Always enjoy your tomdickery.

[@matthewkiehle1809]

A whole trailer wired without a scotch lock? I didn't think manufacturers knew how.

[@JasonW.]

This x1000 Scotch locks: How did you want to green up your wires today?

[@vertigo72480_official]

AvE has been watching Steve1989, "huh, no sparks" reminded me of Steve's "huh, no hiss." I laughed too hard at that.

[@robertlocke195]

Hey man! Love the vids! I just picked up a 1920’s B&D 5/16” drill today and the things still choochin! Just need to clean her up and she’ll be lookin brand new! Love the videos on the older tools man keep em comin!

[@tomki6asp]

One of your best, with sound effects, too!

[@joecool509]

Love the clerks reference “I am not even supposed to be here today”

[@faceplants2]

Oh man I totally forgot about Forky McForkface! He's verking! Kinda

[@Smegma_pirate]

I love it. He’s capable of milling a spinning water shedding camera lens but can’t get a trailer wired up right.. too much maple syrup makes a foggy day for the brain blob.

[@clydeperrine2959]

Jeez, all that dickering and it turns out to be the battery took a dump. Yeah, we put a man on the moon. But trailer wiring takes a back seat to the innovation of everything else. And I loved the 2001 Space Odyssey reference too. Tell Hal I ordered the new stickers for my toolbox.

[@bucket303]

We need a series...."The Captain Dewclaw and Uncle Bumblefuck Chronicles"

[@freemanjackmsiradio]

man says; 'trailer wiring, I mean, QED' god says; 'fair enuff' god disappears in a puff of faintly alarming green schmoke!

[@deanrobert8674]

I glad you cleared up the story of the smell in the workshop. I thought it was me !

[@unodos1821]

Que pasa moofasa. I beleive you are the second person to show off that power supply? Well done and great sounds of a true innovator.👌👍

[@LucasGarrow]

4:12 Dam watch is a boat anchor

[@KYoss68]

Step 1: Start with a known good battery Step 2: *Verify Ground Integrity* then move on to the individual circuits

[@gonashfreeman1325]

The sounds and the great movie quotes. I come here for my edgidification into langwistiks! And proper attire instructification. My wife thinks I’m from Canuckastan now! Tanks AvE! Mission accomplished. I converted.

[@fishinfool247]

Nothing tops living in the midwest with salt and using ur boat in the snow ive re wired my trailers about every year the wires turn green love it

[@jamezpantz9134]

KZbin moderators: "look at the extension lead ! demonetized"

[@CaptRedshirts]

"Simplest thing's first" and then ignores the simplest thing first ;)

[@willlatham2381]

Thanks for the laughs, your a funny man. Love your work