Tow vehicle question

[thebottomfish]

I make the trip to Brick once in May/June and it stays in a slip, comes back out in November. I'll run to seawarren in April and May once or twice, so I don't trailer it all that much. But point taken with trailer brakes, certainly couldn't hurt.
Kept a pretty steady pace of 55-60mph the whole way, little traffic on the first leg of the trip when the brakes showed the hottest. Couple traffic lights off the parkway on the last leg of the trip when the drums were hot as well.
The run from 132 to 100 I don't even think I touched the brakes so I've been chocking it up to they just run hot when towing because of the added weight on the rear, maybe the disks aren't handling the stopping well and the drums are getting more of a work out to make up for the fronts? I'm not sure. Just figured someone on here might say it's relatively normal or no something is drastically wrong.

[thebottomfish]

Also just realized you sold your V20 skunkboat! Was hoping I'd get to see more of it this year, but I'm sure that Grady is a nice upgrade

[Destroyer]

Like Skunk said, drums tend to hold their heat more than disks. However, the weight of the tow should NOT effect the brakes while towing. The only time you should be generating heat is when your brakes are actually being used. If you were not riding your brake pedal then I would look into dragging brakes not releasing properly (weak/broken springs or sticking slave cylinder(s)) or your emergency brake is adjusted too tightly causing them to drag. When braking your rear brakes should come on first to prevent fishtailing, but your front brakes really do most (up to 75%) of the actual stopping of your vehicle. (That's the main reason why, when you stop your vehicle, the nose tends to dip).

And yes, trailer brakes are ALWAYS a good idea. Just remember to wash them thoroughly after they have been dunked into the ocean.