dapperdan wrote:
me2 wrote:
YZ wrote:
Or I could be towing a trailer under 10K with a 2500 or 3500.. the issue is the same... if your trailer is pushing your TV around, then you don't have enough TV.. tell yourself anything you want...
folks think that as long as a truck can pull a trailer then all is cool,..the brakes on a trailer should be able to handle the trailer....
it is all a circle..
No it isn't. I'm pulling a 14K trailer with a SRW F350 truck. Works excellent. Just like a 20K highway tractor can pull a 100,000 pound B train. What do you think stops the second trailer ? The truck ?
Do you understand what causes a jacknife when braking with a trailer ? Too much braking on the tow vehicle relative to the trailer.
TRAILERS MUST BE ABLE TO STOP THEMSELVES !
Do you think the locomotive stops the train ? Not even close.
Me2 has this EXACTLY right!! I have driven truck most of my life, it takes GOOD brakes on a trailer to stop the rig! I have had the service air line come off the trailer and let me tell you the tractor won't even come close to stopping the rig!
Next time you're in a truck stop ask a driver if his tractor brakes will stop his entire rig, see what he says.
Oh and by the way most all the semi trucks you see going down the highway today have DRUM brakes on those trailers!! Some models of tractors actually DO have disk brakes.
After owning two trailers with drum brakes and now owing one with disk brakes, I'll never own another trailer with drum brakes either! I think OP has enough info from his posting now to make an accurate decision.
Dan
Uh, Dan, most truckers I've talked to that have lost an air line, said that they stopped PDQ on level ground, that is, if their safety brakes were working properly. I've =seen= guys lose an air line and lock up all 8 wheels on their trailer, even with a max load, though it was at a fairly slow speed.
Lyle
