Disk vs Drum on Trailer

On 5/21/2010 7:29 AM, Brian wrote:
On May 20, 9:14 pm, wrote:

Am I to believe that RAS has no opinion about Disk vs Drum brakes??
Obviously you all have an opinion about all the stuff that I didnt ask
about

Hi Tony,

Apparently not, I haven't ever seen disk brakes on a trailer so I
can't have much of an opinion on them. My only concern would be that
trailers tend to sit out side a bunch and I wonder if corrosion on the
Disks would be a concern.

It doesn't seem to be a problem for airplane disk brakes, or all the
cars that sit outside. Drum brakes can rust, too, in a humid enviornment.

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On May 23, 11:16*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 5/21/2010 7:29 AM, Brian wrote: On May 20, 9:14 pm, *wrote:

Am I to believe that RAS has no opinion about Disk vs Drum brakes??
Obviously you all have an opinion about all the stuff that I didnt ask
about

Hi Tony,

Apparently not, I haven't ever seen disk brakes on a trailer so I
can't have much of an opinion on them. My only concern would be that
trailers tend to sit out side a bunch and I wonder if corrosion on the
Disks would be a concern.

I've seen boat trailers with disk brakes. They probably get a little
wet now and then...

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

Am I to believe that RAS has no opinion about Disk vs Drum brakes??
Obviously you all have an opinion about all the stuff that I didnt ask
about

Living and flying in Europe, I have never seen anything else than
mechanical overrun drum brakes. You hook them up and are good to go,
with no compatibility issues whatsoever. And yes, we have montains, too,
and we tend to tug with much smaller cars than our US friends.

Thanks to the mechanical help of a few other club members, the trailer
now has a new hitch and a new Flexride axle with electric brakes.
Next week I'll make a trip to the trailer supply place and get all the
wiring I need to make the brakes work.

Good luck, I hear that electric stuff is dangerous ;-)
See ya, Dave "YO electric"

Tony wrote:
Thanks to the mechanical help of a few other club members, the trailer
now has a new hitch and a new Flexride axle with electric brakes.
Next week I'll make a trip to the trailer supply place and get all the
wiring I need to make the brakes work.