Mitchell 1, a Snap-on company, has added color air brake diagrams to its June update of Tractor-Trailer.net, its comprehensive web-based truck repair manual system.

Here’s how to get the job done, using a Tie Down Engineering trailer-disc-brake model 750E (for a 2-inch tow ball) designed to fit a 3-inch-wide trailer tongue. The zinc-plated assembly features a ...

Most trailers come with surge brakes or electric brakes and for our 2005 Dodge Power Wagon we decided to go with the Odyssey II electric brake controller from Valley Industries with tons of cool ...

Things change when your trailer has its own brakes, which becomes a legal requirement in many states for trailers weighing over 3,000 pounds. The main types are electric and hydraulic surge brakes ...

Mitchell 1 has added color air brake diagrams to Tractor-Trailer.net, its comprehensive Web-based truck repair manual system. The pneumatic diagrams will include the same widely-used features as ...

Mitchell 1 — a Poway, Calif.-based Snap-on company — has added color air brake diagrams to its June update of Tractor-Trailer.net, its comprehensive Web-based truck repair manual system.