New Travel Trailer
HELP My daughter and S I Law recently retired and are looking at new TTs. They found a 2022 29 ft, 2 BR, 7,000 pounds, fully loaded. Forest River brand. He has a diesel short bed. half ton. The pric...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:theoldwizard1 wrote:
Prices are dropping fast !
A 1 or 2 year old similar trailer would be 1/2 as much !
^^^ this.
As far as towing, my good friend has a 1/2 ton Chevy diesel and tows his 7K trailer just fine.
As far as brakes. The truck does not stop the trailer; the trailer brakes stop the trailer and the truck brakes stop the truck.
What's the tongue weight on that trailer. Your comment on the brakes and who does what is spot on. I have seen many folks towing and when the comments went towards brake settings on their controller they just shrug their shoulders. Maybe they assume it's automatically set.
Hey, your trailer brakes need adjusting, old school if they are drum brakes, spin them and use a screwdriver because you can't find the brake tool.
