"Massive hydraulic brake fluid leak"

Hydraulic brakes on a trailer??? More info needed.

 

Ahh, electric over hydraulic, either they do nothing, or skid the wheels. Sure sounds fishy to me. Are you sure the driver didn't do that ( they'll never admit it, though) Sounds like something a driver would do, not a shop. None that I'd go to, anyway.

 

Mmm hmm, surprised he got caught, maybe. I just don't think a garage would let that go. Too much at stake. To be honest, If I was in that situation, to get home, I have crimped brake lines on cars. It rarely works for long.

 

I guess it's not the drivers responsibility to do a through pretrip on his equipment on his first run with your company? Vicegrips hanging from a brake line should have been easy to catch I would think?

 

Being out of the loop for years, I'm not familiar with this setup. I was wondering how juice got to the trailer axles, ( years ago that was an electric actuator) but I see now, the trailer has it's own hydraulic system, and gets an electric signal from the truck. I don't think it works too well, as not long ago, I saw a 3 car hauler with a gooseneck trailer, loaded,( with 3 cars) and couldn't stop for a red light.