Trailer brakes frozen stuck

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I dealt with a lot of frozen brakes as a yard dog. I always just used a crowbar and lots of cursing, that usually did the trick. Of course you have to be willing to get down on the cold ground.

Be careful if you carry a torch on your truck. Make sure that thing is secured. We had a yard truck go up in smoke one time because the knucklehead was driving around with a propane torch rolling around under the air ride seat. Shop foreman was not happy about that...

 

Please stop trying to injure people with this advice.

 

I started Yard Spotting just before October. Also in Wisconsin and we keep a hammer in the yard truck.

For some reason, I have the most trouble with J. B. Hunt Intermodal trailers.

 

First thing I try is a FULL brake application often the extra pressure will break the ice if that doesn't work out comes the hammer to hit the drums

 

Tap on them with hammer sligjtly thougj

 

At night when you go to bed. Dont use trl brake only truck for an hr then apply trl brake. It cools down prior appling

 

When the brakes are frozen, release the red button and push down the brake pedal as far as it'll go hold it for 10 seconds then release. Usually 3 or 4 times will do the trick. I've had to do it about a dozen times in bad situations and it's still released never had to crawl under the trailer on the snow ever...

If this method ever fails it means there's ice in the airline... That happened once, and I didn't go under the trailer then either I call road service. That's one of the luxuries of driving a company truck.

 

Let’s not try and create any more prima donnas. Get the #### under trailer and swing a hammer. You obviously don’t travel in cold regions and FFS kids don’t waste your time with torches or any of these other BS methods. Hammer or bar. It’s -40 this morning

 

If the airlines are froze. You'll notice immediately as you won't hear air running through the red valve. If air continues to flow. You'll know the trailer is airing up.

One guy uses spray Clorox. I use can of brake cleaner or hammer.