If the trailer has brakes, they are part of the system
A pickup that tows a loaded trailer is not stopping that trailer with its own brakes. The trailer has its own, and they are meant to be doing most of the work of stopping the trailer's weight.
When they are not, nothing announces it. The combination still stops, because the tow vehicle takes up the slack, and the driver adapts to needing a longer pedal. What happens underneath is that the tow vehicle's brakes are doing a job they were not specified for, and they wear at a rate that looks inexplicable.
That is the diagnosis worth considering when a towing vehicle goes through brakes faster than it should. The problem may not be on the vehicle at all.
How to tell
Three checks, none of which needs a shop.
Disconnect and compare. If the vehicle stops noticeably better solo than it does with the trailer behind it, beyond what the weight explains, the trailer is contributing less than it should.
Feel for the controller. On a vehicle with an electric brake controller, applying the trailer brakes alone at low speed should produce a clear drag. If nothing happens, nothing is happening on the road either.
Look at the trailer's own tires and hubs. A trailer whose brakes have not worked for a season often shows it in heat marks, or in the absence of any brake dust at all.
What the inspection covers at this store
Pads, rotors, calipers, hardware, hoses and fluid on the vehicle, as a system. See the national brake repair page for what each symptom usually means.
Trailer brake components themselves are a different job from vehicle brake repair. Ask when you call and the store will say what it can take on.
About this store
The Jonesboro store runs seventeen services, opens at 7:00 AM, and is managed by Tony Kuehnel.
See the national brake repair page for all 33 locations.