20,000 Teton 5er - Truck Needed (legally)
If I buy a 20,000 pound Teton 5er, what is the minimum truck requirement to remain within combined vehicle weight? 350, 450, 550, ... thanks!
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Whether you agree with folks that say the truck brakes stop the truck, trailer the trailer does not matter. I would agree, that electric brakes are not that great. BUT, if you get inspected, a test or two or three an leo will give you is the trailer had better hold the truck! If you pull the trailer with the truck, and all the brakes are locked up, that is a pass. But if the brakes on the trailer are not locked up, not holding the truck with the emergency cord pulled, or you having your finger on the manual lever on the brake controller, you WILL have a failed brake system per that LEO! That trailer will not be allowed back on the road being towed until it can meat those standards!
If your trailer brakes do no meet this standard from the day you buy your trailer assuming new, then it does not meet state and federal laws, return it! not that you probably can return it. But you need to get the manufacture to make it meet the laws that you have to travel under.
I've been able to stop my dump truck with the 2 - 6K axel brakes on my equipment trailer! I stop quicker with the trailer brakes working than with out. I've stopped quicker with my sw 2500 and a dw 3500 with a single 3500lb axel with brakes on than the same pulling the same trailer with no brakes. Brakes on trucks lasted longer too. To say I am not a fan of trailer brakes, would be improper.
No one wants to depend on "JUST" the truck or trailer brakes to stop higher loads. That is not fun, having been there done that! One should have proper brakes on the trailer if the trailer weighs more than the tow rigs cargo ability. ie if you have 2000 lbs of payload to gvwr, then a trailer weighing 2001 lbs plus per say, should have brakes on the tv imho. Hence why I put brakes on the single axel trailer. Made life a lot nicer when you have a truck full of yard debris, 2000+ lb trailer behind you pushing you along.......
Marty
If your trailer brakes do no meet this standard from the day you buy your trailer assuming new, then it does not meet state and federal laws, return it! not that you probably can return it. But you need to get the manufacture to make it meet the laws that you have to travel under.
I've been able to stop my dump truck with the 2 - 6K axel brakes on my equipment trailer! I stop quicker with the trailer brakes working than with out. I've stopped quicker with my sw 2500 and a dw 3500 with a single 3500lb axel with brakes on than the same pulling the same trailer with no brakes. Brakes on trucks lasted longer too. To say I am not a fan of trailer brakes, would be improper.
No one wants to depend on "JUST" the truck or trailer brakes to stop higher loads. That is not fun, having been there done that! One should have proper brakes on the trailer if the trailer weighs more than the tow rigs cargo ability. ie if you have 2000 lbs of payload to gvwr, then a trailer weighing 2001 lbs plus per say, should have brakes on the tv imho. Hence why I put brakes on the single axel trailer. Made life a lot nicer when you have a truck full of yard debris, 2000+ lb trailer behind you pushing you along.......
Marty
