How Would You Handle This?

I’m part of a relay team. I meet another driver in a somewhat remote part of WV. Today he brought down a trailer with both brake lights out. I checked the fuses and all looked good. It seems like it’s an issue with that particular trailer since the other I hauled down worked fine. I call my dispatch and they are telling me just to take it to the nearest Loves. I’ll need to cross 3 state lines with a drive time of about an hour. Of course I’m not thrilled about doing this. Would you demand roadside assistance or drive to nearest facility? Thanks

Me, myself, I'd follow the companies request to go to the nearest Love's.....What's the odds you're going thru a scale house, or getting pulled over....Roadside, costs em a LOT more $$ just to show up on scene, plus the repair....Save's em money having Love's fix it......

I carried enough tools to fix most issues, even had an electrical tool bag for minor stuff....Could be as simple as a broken feed wire on the trailer, a dirty pin/connector in the pigtail... or something that might take longer to locate and repair...Check that your connector fits snug in the receptacle, had many loose, worn trailer connectors, where I used a stick to wedge in and tighten the connection temporarily.

I'd do some troubleshooting on it, see of I could get them fixed, the electrical is pretty basic on a trailer. Then again, I have a lot of tools on board, know how and spares. At least get it to where I could get it to a loves. I'd start with the pigtail socket, 9btimes put of ten thats where the problem is

Any idea what problem is? Running lights fire but not brake lights and it’s only affecting this trailer? I switched trailers today and all was fine.

Like Davy said, it's probably the pigtail receptacle isn't getting a complete connection. Wiggle it around a bit, or sometimes slightly bending the prongs will help. I've had to stuff a wad of paper or something in the side to kind of facilitate the connection before.

I used to keep a piece of pasteboard (think cereal box) and I would tear off a 3/4” wide strip and stick it in the receptacle with a bit hanging out to hold on to. Then plug the pigtail in. The extra friction would usually make the connection.

If not, I would take a knife and spread the ends of each pin a tiny bit. They were slotted down the middle.

Like Davy said, it's probably the pigtail receptacle isn't getting a complete connection. Wiggle it around a bit, or sometimes slightly bending the prongs will help. I've had to stuff a wad of paper or something in the side to kind of facilitate the connection before.

Thanks for the tips,guys.