I just bought the boat on Wednesday and when I started towing it it seamed heavy compared to my older 21' bass boat with no trailer brakes. when I got home an hour later I smelled brake pads. My truck is a 2019 Silverado with towing brakes with a adjuster under the steering wheel , could this be causing the problem and does it need turned down on the adjustment?
I may be wrong but isnt those brakes hydraulic and not electric? Sounds like you have a bad caliper or two
Nothing to do with your truck.
Check the metal breakaway cable on the tongue of the trailer to see if it has been pulled.
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Definitely not your trucks electric trailer brake switch. It doesn’t talk to your trailer’s surge brakes. You could have a crimped or clogged brake line not allowing brake fluid back into the master cylinder.
honestly a good question.
You have surge brakes. When you start to slow down the trailer tung retracks and pushes break fliud to your brakes.
The brake controller you see only works with electric brakes, most boat trailers are surge. Non-Maine trailers tend to be electric.
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