Does you pickup have a brake controller? That is what we have for all RV's. It has a sliding switch so you can control the amount of rear trailer brake. You can equalize them or by hand you can use the trailer brakes to slow you down without touching the foot brake. I do that sometimes so it avoid the feeling you get when it feels like it could fish tail and jackknife.
Even though you have the big plug and elec trailer brakes, I question whether or not you are getting much, any, or all the power to the trailer brakes. Some pickups require the brake controller.
Those trailer brakes may need adjusting anyway. They may be way out of adjustment and not really working. Some people without a brake controller on their pickup will just loosen them up so they can't accidently engage on them. Or they loosen them so they can move the trailer around without having to hook up power to disengage the brakes. Or as mentioned the wire can break or short out somewhere on the trailer.
First I'd go out and have someone press the brake while you listen and look at the trailer brakes for them engaging. jack up each side to check to see if they engage. Get a test light and see if you have power at the plug when the brake pedal is pressed and all along the trailer wire.
Finally, slow down before you plow through a red light into a bus full of kids. It could also cause the whole thing to fishtail and jackknife, dumping your load, taking out the school busses on both sides of you, force you into the ditch, median, or oncoming traffic. Not fun. Even worse when slick such as ice, rain water, loose sand on road, on a curve where your truck and trailer aren't in a straight line, brake out of adjustment so it pulls to one side, etc. Make sure your chains are crossed over under the hitch and secured.
Post back with what you find out about your brakes. Good luck.
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