Category Archives: Trailers – Design & Build

Accessories are primarily available to enhance your trailer’s utility.

Electrical connections include not only the individual connectors where two pieces of wire or more are connected but also the main plug at the front of the trailer that is used to connect the electrical system of the trailer to that of the tow vehicle.

There are three hardware parts to any trailer’s electrical system- lights, wire, connectors

Equally, if not more important, is the delineation of your trailer with lights.

Although their primary purpose is to deflect debris and water thrown off by the tires, fenders greatly improve the looks of any trailer.

The coupler on the trailer fits over the ball on the hitch which is permanently attached to the tow vehicle.

With an enlightenment on suspensions and all the associated parts, we can now move onto smaller but no less important components.

Mechanical brakes are a third style which are used almost exclusively in Europe.

Hydraulic brakes do not use any form of electricity and are much like the ones on your automobile.

Electric brakes are a compromise of other systems with many advantages and only a few disadvantages.