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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paulcardoza wrote:
Well stated Mpond! When we moved up to our Executive from the W22 Pace Arrow, towing our Jeep became nearly invisible while driving. If I weren't so hell-bent about having the braking system in place just for the highly unlikely event that hey toad breaks away from the rig, I would have ditched the brake-buddy long ago. We're ~~45,000lbs without the toad.........
Thanks.
My biggest concern with supplemental brakes is having them fail and ending up dragging the Jeep without knowing it, ultimately ruining the brakes.
We once had our enclosed cargo trailer repaired and the mechanic mis-wired the trailer plug so that the brakes were wired hot all the time. We towed about 40 miles without any noticable drag on the DP. We stopped for fuel and could smell the burned brakes. They were completely ruined and had to be replaced.
That same trailer has great brakes - when towing it behind my truck you can definitely feel them helping. But behind the DP we didn't even notice they were full on.
