Supplemental Brake... Necessity or Preference
We seem to have a good number of discussions on the issue of the need for supplemental brakes... Unfortunately many of the discussions are not very productive in terms of giving those who have an open...
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We have just taken our first 600 miles with a supplemental brake in our 1994 Toyota Camry pulled by our Class A Diesel.
Yes we were well within the GVWR of the RV but the air brakes on the diesel are quite different than those on our old gas Bounder. They have a fixed amount of braking pressure that does not change with added pressure on the brake pedal.
I have had to make a few panic stops when towing a 2500 pound Saturn without suppl. brakes and did not like it at all.
The Camry is over 500 pounds more and is loaded with two sea kayaks and now two bikes.
So far I have found the braking to be significantly better with the supplemental brake (roadmaster brakemaster slaved to RV via air line).
It is not that the RV brakes can not handle the load BUT the stopping distance that the additional load imposes if there are no supplemental brakes.
We will be traveling from FL to AZ soon as well as in the mountains of CO. I expect that the brakemaster will payoff big time out west.
Amby N.
Yes we were well within the GVWR of the RV but the air brakes on the diesel are quite different than those on our old gas Bounder. They have a fixed amount of braking pressure that does not change with added pressure on the brake pedal.
I have had to make a few panic stops when towing a 2500 pound Saturn without suppl. brakes and did not like it at all.
The Camry is over 500 pounds more and is loaded with two sea kayaks and now two bikes.
So far I have found the braking to be significantly better with the supplemental brake (roadmaster brakemaster slaved to RV via air line).
It is not that the RV brakes can not handle the load BUT the stopping distance that the additional load imposes if there are no supplemental brakes.
We will be traveling from FL to AZ soon as well as in the mountains of CO. I expect that the brakemaster will payoff big time out west.
Amby N.
