Tow Dolly Woe
I wonder why all of the shops I have contacted will not service tow dollies. I have a unit with surge brakes. So, it seems service for them should be the same as any automotive brake. The shops...
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Grit dog wrote:ferndaleflyer wrote:
At that price get rid of it and buy a new dolly WITHOUT brakes. I have used this set up for 20+ years and have yet to have the first problem.
But you generally appear to be more mechanically inclined and savvy than most. And the OP could "need" them surge brakes, whereas you don't behind an air-braked pusher. (And you likely don't get wrapped around the spokes with much of the weight cop and towing fears that seem to proliferate this forum)
But it does raise the question that the OP mentioned. $600 to "service" the dolly (1 axle). What does that include? Did he get a quote to replace the actuator, new brakes and bearings? Or was that $600 plus parts and more labor to replace the actuator if needed? Big difference.
Why is it that someone always posts some extreme example and then basically says "well it "could" happen, somehow, somewhere, sometime..."
OP doesn't "need" brakes. ferndaleflyer says so.
I'd ask why is it that someone always posts that nothing bad will ever-ever happen, and you don't need to worry about silly things like worst case scenarios?
My luck the second I become complacent a meteor will plop down in the middle of the road in front of me and I won't be able to stop because my tow dolly's surge brakes were shot and not working. But I didn't need them because nothing bad was ever-ever going to happen right?
