Trailer brake fire

My trailer brakes smoked before because the trolley bar was half down.so after that I double checked to make sure the trolley was up and knobs were in.thank God you made it to safety op.

 

Several years ago I was headed for Colorado with 8000 gallons of diesel. As I went around the curve going out of town, a car ahead of me slowed to turn so I got on the brakes a little. Something felt like it moved horizontally, so I decided to stop at the rest area about 5 miles away to check. About 3 miles later I look in the right mirror and I'm trailing smoke like a B17 that's been shot down. Fortunately there's a small store with a big enough dirt lot so I pulled in, grabbed my extinguisher and ran around the truck. Got a full-blown barbecue going inside the right rear wheel. Lady comes out and says 'you want me to call the fire boys?' Uh, yeah. They came and hosed everything down for an hour to cool it off. The tank was so hot you couldn't touch it. Anyway, the culprit was a wheel seal that had just been changed. Lasted less than 15 miles. Mechanic was an idiot.

 

this day and age it's hard to Trust any mechanics their heart's not in their work.TA from Montgomery Alabama called hours later asking if I have his tools because the moron left them under the hood.I Check and just as I suspected they werent there.

 

Very similar to what just happened to me on Thursday. Except I used my water to cool the brake drum that put out the fire.
I have grease packed bearings on the trailer.
Hub, two tires and rims. Lug bolts and brake shoes and rebushed s-cam.
$2,052.00 for repair.
I had tire changed the day before. Checked lugs just 60 miles up the road. Well I looked at them. Didn't bar them. Should've.
Only 2 lugs still holding trailer tires on hub when I say the smoke.

 

Why does one shoe look worn down to the rivets and the other have near new lining?

 

I think it's time for a second fire extinguisher... Yup.