Supplemental Brakes Confession Time

It seems to me that if the combined weight of the tow vehicle and toad doesn't exceed the tow vehicle's GVWR you should be fine given that the TV's brakes are designed to stop a load at the GVWR. I'm under the impression that with many large DPs the combined weights can be well under the TV's GVWR. The main reason I'll be using brake system is that my combined TV ( a Tiffin gasser) and toad weights will exceed the GVWR and Ford recommends using a brake system in that case. Ford recommends, not Brake Buddy.

I don't buy the argument that one should do everything possible to minimize braking distance, that's why my car has it's stock brakes and not aftermarket high performence brakes. My Fiesta is Bremboless.