Breakaway 171

Wow interesting story. And an interesting tow vehicle. Just a dumb question, you do have a brake controller in the Tesla, right?

Many (most?) Of us find the rpod brakes will not lock up the wheels even with full brake controller output. But they should stop the rig from 15-20 mph in a flat parking lot without using the tow vehicle brakes

If they were dragging for hours the shoes should be replaced and the drums turned or replaced. The bearings most likely overheated too. You can get full kits (brake assemblies, drums, and bearings) and just replace everything from the axle out. That's what I did. Not very expensive and less labor. Also. If the pin is pulled the brakes will draw current from the rpod battery so check the status of that as well.


Once you get things working correctly it would be interesting to hear how much range you're getting with your Tesla towing the rpod.

Originally posted by offgrid Sounds like maybe the breakaway plug got pulled out and someone dragged the trailer with the brakes engaged....

Thanks Marwayne!  Would you be able to post a picture of where those wires go to? (under the trailer).  It's this part that doesn't look right. If I'm tracing the wires correctly, they both connect to the same terminal..... that can't be right!