I bought a new 16' tandem axle enclosed trailer a few years back. Right away had problems with the lights flickering on/off. For the side lamps, it was due to the ground being a sheet metal screw attaching to VERY thin aluminum fenders! The steel screws had wallowed out the holes and ground was intermittent at best.
On same trailer, there was a loud sort-of screeching noise coming from one of the axles. Towed it back to dealer and they found that the equalizer on one side was flipped. They jacked it up and got that fixed, but still a lot of "weird noises". Not even my old lowboy is that noisy! So I did some more investigating. In the process, I found brake wiring that had been crushed and severed, preventing the brakes from even working! (added: one of the rims that came on the trailer was also manufactured out-of-round according to a local, very reputable tire shop)
In the end, I ended up mounting a dash cam on the underside, then loaded the trailer to as close as I could get to max payload without going over. Made one trip down the driveway and back again. Video clearly showed the axles bouncing way up past where they "should" have gone, which now explained some very severe dents in the under-frame I-beams.
Sent video to the manufacturer and, as the trailer was bought in Arkansas and they had no dealers up here, I bought replacement springs and installed them, thereby correcting that problem. Their stock 3,500 lb. leaf springs just couldn't handle their own capacity when driving less than 10 MPH down the driveway!! Ended up replacing with 5,200 lb. springs which gives a bouncier ride when empty, but handles GREAT with a load!! Bought the replacement springs off of eBay.
The trailer before that was a 22' PJ deckover trailer. Lost the trailer in an accident when the trailer brakes failed. I had a bad feeling about the brake setup on that particular trailer, but there was a lot going on then (Dad had just passed away) and didn't take the time to check things first.
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