I read through the posted articles, but have not found an answer.... Our Ranger trail trailer ( for a 2011 188VX), single axle with surge brakes. Coming through town... we got flagged down by a motorist saying our brakes were smoking badly. By the time we got pulled over... they were indeed very hot. We had been in a lot of stop and go traffic <30 mph for several miles. We could not figure it out... so we rounded up some nuts ( like nuts and bolts, not like pecans :))... and blocked the actuator from sliding... and then put some black gorilla tape over the nuts to hold them in place ( luckily.. trailer is black too).... So basically the brakes are disabled.
Was that normal for the trailer in stop and go traffic? Are there any adjustments that can be made? Thanks, Marty