Truck and trailer is a jumbo heavy duty carrier of goods in surface transport, where railway tracks are not available. Apart from that this vehicle plays a leading part for outdoor lovers to break the monotony of their life. This can act as a mobile home in a caravan for romantic pleasure riders along with their camping equipments, personal effects and various accessories needed for making funs in outdoors. This useful equipment needs some necessary maintenance to make it active and operational.

Following are some few tips on trailer maintenance:

It is mandatory to check the exterior of the trailer. Always keep a check on the hood, wind shields etc. Rusting is a common problem to fix it regular painting is required. A trailer is often denude to extreme weather conditions so to prevent it from damage regular maintenance is required.

Check on the Engine:

Usually the trailer engines are very strong and it is habituated to run in a scabrous roads and terrains. It is advisable if you are going for a long trip take breaks in between. This is necessary because the engine gets heated up and it will help it to cool.

Regular cleaning:

Your trailer is exposed to lot of dirt and dust particles, so you should regularly clean your trailer. Dirt can be one of the reasons for sudden break down of the trailer. Saline deposits along with dirt forms a cake - a vicious deposit which makes the areas like cables and metal parts etc very brittle causing chipping off the materials.

Electrical Components:

The head and tail lights can stop functioning due to electrical faults like short-circuiting due to vibration. The insulation of the wearing and the fastening of the equipments to be checked at least once a month. The coupler and the jack should be secured to the tongue. It is to be seen that the coupler is firmly secured into the lock and should pass the “lift test”.

Safety:

The safety aspects is a very important factor. It is to be seen whether locks of the doors and windows are operating satisfactorily. Otherwise during adverse climates and conditions these would not serve the purposes.

Before a long drive the breaking system should be checked. The help of the vehicle inspection service should be sought at least once a month because there are so many mechanical aspects which cannot be checked without professional help.

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