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Originally Posted by PopBeavers
I had my brakes inspected and the bearing hand packed a month ago. After three seasons my mechanic says I should put brakes on next year.
This is for 21 trips and 7500 miles.
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fwiw, my mechanic says that it is cheaper to replace the brakes on the trailer than on the truck. Therefore, it becomes tempting in some circumstances to manually engage the TM brakes and not use the truck brakes. I'm not sure I believe that, but it is what he said.
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That sounds way too soon for brakes on the trailer (next year would put you at roughly 10,000 miles), but maybe the mechanic was overstating his process of preparing you to spend money at next year's visit, as those guys occasionally do. If you really were getting just 10,000 miles between brake jobs on the trailer, it's hard to imagine that being economical relative to the service you get from the brakes on your tow vehicle. But I guess it still comes down to just "how much" and "how often".