So. Got some class one work. 3 drops, Iveco 3 axle with 3 axle trailer. Did all my checks yet found an “ABS EBS trailer” fault after pulling out. Rechecked all connections. Only amber warning so advised to continue from TM. Seems to handle ok… hmm.
Get to practice reversing… bmfirst is blindsided onto a bay… ahh err…
Well done getting on CE.
I often have trailer ABS fault.
It can be a multitude of things. Could be a sensor. Could be a bad connection on the sussies. Or just an old trailer which needs repairing.
I always recheck the sussies. Report it. And am usually told to carry on.
Just take it easy on the breaking.
I wouldn’t worry about it, Stralis ( i imagine that’s what it is ) are well known and bad for showing up many faults on the dash when there is actually nothing wrong.
And as Sam says. That is the most common one. The computer just thinks there is a problem when in reality there isn’t.
Dafs have the same issue. Sometimes they light up like a Christmas tree 
When I got back to the yard in the afternoon the PM TM knew about it and said it happens often as they are ‘mismatched trailers’ and the AM TM should have known.
So yeah, got a bit of driving in. Didn’t do too well with reversing but it would help if I had more practice I guess, but I’ll only get that with getting the work in and most agencies say they don’t want to touch me until I’ve had 2 years experience and held the licence for 2 years… 
In time, I’ll get there. But I guess I’ll have to be more flexible with amber warnings and the like 
Yes. Most amber warnings should just be monitored.
And yes reversing will come with practice.
As I’m sure you’ve read on here lots of times. You did all that was required with no damage done. Maybe a little slower than the regular but all good.
Well Done
Sometimes you’ll get the ABS warning come up when you first hook up to the trailer. Then it goes out once you go over a couple of miles an hour (i.e. out on the road). Apparently, this is because older trailers the ABS doesn’t initiate till its started moving.
Not the best answer to the problem but it might help if you see this happen? Got me quite worried the first time it happened to me
I’ve had it go out when you reach a certain speed but not had it start up at that speed…
I was talking to the fitter in the yard last week about ABS warning lights. He told me that one of our trailers was constantly throwing up a warning light on whichever unit was connected to it, and after lots of messing about, they got a specialist to come in with his laptop. He plugged in to the trailer CPU, found there was no fault, but the memory was full of old ‘events’, caused by moving the trailer about the yard with only the red line plugged in - apparently this generates a warning in the CPU on the trailer, which then shows up every time it’s connected, unless it’s cleared via the laptop.
Seems like a real arse-up way of doing things - can’t see why it would need to put an amber warning on for a historic event, rather than just for a live event. Anybody else had any experience of this?
Gary
When I got access to the truck this morning only the red airline was attached, nothing else. There also wasn’t a shunt button on the trailer, only the brake…
Still, an interesting day certainly. Actually managed to sleep on my break in the truck next to the fridge too… Practice for next week when I’ve got 2 weeks solid on fridges again, that noisy beast I had a few weeks back. Rigid though, not artic.
Must remember to fill the red diesel tank this time 
When the ecu stores faults, they call it a safety critical memory. For instance, we run a fleet of man rigids. If for instance you get an intermittent ebs fault, normally caused by something simple like starting engine before letting Ecus check themselves, once a certain amount of events are stored they enter the safety critical menu an only the dealer can delete them.
We used to check brake lights on trailers on the workshop by just putting power to the brake light wire. We had to stop because if the lads found a bulb gone, they would go and get a replacement without disconnecting the power and this prolonged use of brake lights was introducing abs faults
Saratoga:
When I got back to the yard in the afternoon the PM TM knew about it and said it happens often as they are ‘mismatched trailers’ and the AM TM should have known.
Ahh that old chesnut.
When you get stopped turn it off straight away and if they ask why you’ve turned it off so quick tell them its to save fuel, not that the abs isnt working.