Check and Use Your Trailer Brake

adam277:
The brakes come on as soon as the air line is taken off with tuffnells trailers.

I’ve seen plenty of drivers manually guide the a-frame into the vgb coupling via connecting the red airline and taking the trailer brake off and letting gravity do the rest.
I cant be certain but I highly suspect it was driver at fault.

Exactly my point Adam, fining a company £1.5 million for driver error is a bit dramatic.

I have driven drawbars and it was common practice to release the brakes to ensure the pin had dropped fully.

When coupling Up I used a glove near the front wheel as a marker to get closer,