Bad Brakes
Today, I started looking into what to do about the Arctic Fox's brakes. It can't be used as it is, so something needs to be done. I'm unsure what, but my options appear to be this.
One....I will try to adjust the brakes myself and see if there's enough adjustment to make them work again.
Two… Call a mobile repairman and have him repair the brakes.
Three.. Sell it to someone as it is, and let them deal with the brakes.
1....Adjusting the brakes myself wouldn't have been a problem several years ago. Still, it involves crawling under the trailer numerous times and as geezerly as I am every time I get down on the ground, which I seldom do, I always wonder if I can get back up again. So adjusting the brakes on the trailer would be a painful endeavor, and I no longer own a creeper that allows me to roll under the trailer without much effort, which still wouldn't help my "getting up off the ground" problem.
2.... I haven't talked to a mobile repair man yet, but looking up the cost of the brakes on the Internet, and guesstimating the time it would take to do the job I'm figuring on a minimum of a thousand dollars for the job. And that, of course, is why always did the job myself in the past.
3.... Since the trailer shouldn't be driven with breaks that aren't working, anyone who bought it would have to either work on it themselves in the driveway or hire someone else to work on it in the driveway, and that could lead to legal problems in case of an accident and someone getting hurt.
I'm leaning towards trying to adjust the brakes myself, but one of my many physical problems is that I don't have a way to test the brakes when I'm done adjusting them because my truck is no longer set up to tow a trailer or hook up the cable for the trailer lights and brakes. So I'm unsure how I could tell if the brakes were working.
Oh well, life is full of challenges to rise above, or in my case, put it off until tomorrow.
Theboondork
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