New Enclosed Trailer, damaged by dealership
Hello- new member needing advice. I just bought a brand new enclosed trailer last weekend (picked up @ factory), and had electrical problems on the drive home. Brought it to the camper dealership who...
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carringb wrote:That's your opinion. My opinion is I want to control the brakes on that trailer myself as long as it is still connected to the vehicle, even if only by the chains.
Proper towing setup should pull the breakaway lanyard before the chains pull tight. Otherwise, you have very little chance of controlling a large trailer hanging on the chains. The extra drag of the trailer brakes will pull the chains tight, and help it stay straight behind the tow vehicle. If you have properly rated chains (each chain equal to the GVWR of the trailer for trailers over 5,000 pounds), the trailer brakes will not overload them.
