Don't worry about the extra wires, the trailer with a four wire plug doesn't use them. The extra wires left over are for electric trailer brakes, a 12 volt power supply from the tow vehicle and a rarely used back up light or third brake light. The trailer with a four wire plug only uses the white wire for ground, the brown wire for the running lights, the yellow wire for the left signal and brake and the green wire for the right signal and brake.
A gps trailer tractor is a gps that you connect to your trailer when you go on the road and need to navigator but trailer. These are good to have if you travel alot with your trailer.
They are what's used to connect the trailer to the trailer supply air lines.
Unfortunately, you cannot connect the cab of a lorry to the trailer's as they are stationary and will not move.
at a public scales, weigh the vehicle without the trailer connected, connect the trailer and pull back on the scales leaving the trailer tires off the scale. The difference in the two weights is the tongue weight
Hitch the trailer. Connect the lights. Start your car or truck. Turn the turn signal on. Get out and go behind the trailer. See if they blink. Repeat for the other side.
Depends on what type of tractor and trailer you had in mind. For a farm tractor pulling a trailer, it's usually a pintle on the tractor which is run through a clevice on the trailer. For road going vehicles, the fifth wheel trailers are often used, where a trailer kingpin will be inserted and locked into a fifth wheel on the vehicle. In the case of an 18 wheeler, air lines will connect from the tractor to the trailer to operate the trailer's air brake system.
the fifth wheel
A pup trailer is a trailer which is being pulled behind another trailer.
The gearbox/transmission doesn't know that you've hooked ona trailer - so, no. But towing the trailer will make the engine work harder, so you'll probably be using lower gears more.
Many vehicles do not come equipped from the factor with trailer wiring. You may need to connect them yourself or have someone do it for you.
The trailer loaded
It's the same as with any other make of truck. Typically, a driver will push the switch to dump air out of the truck's suspension. If the kingpin lock isn't already pulled, they'll get out of the truck and pull it out before backing under the trailer. Once this is done, they'll back under the trailer, keeping the truck centered with the trailer. They should be able to hear the kingpin lock when it closes around the trailer kingpin. Once they believe they're under and connected to the trailer, they'll put the truck into first gear and pull forward to ensure that the trailer is properly connected. Once this is done, they'll get out of the truck again. They will connect their air lines (red to red, blue to blue) as well as the pigtail for their lights. Then they'll raise the trailer's landing gear. At that point, they're hooked up. From there, you'd check to ensure the trailer lights, brakes, etc. work, but that's after hooking up to the trailer.