Um.... well ..... I towed my trailer as part part of my test drive right off the dealer's lot when we got our new truck (see my signature below), about 6 weeks ago. The truck had 14 miles on it. The next 10 miles were driven with just the truck. The next 10 was with the trailer. We waited a day to swap vehicles, because I had so much junk in my truck and I had to remove the shell. So the next several miles were driving short trips, to work and back again, etc.
Then I had to take my camper back to the dealer because I needed to change my weight distribution system, so I towed the trailer again (by now, it was around 300 miles), and towed the trailer about 50 miles.
You know what? After all that ... THEN I read in the owners manual not to tow for the first 500 miles! DUH!
Well, I suppose if there would have been an issue, the dealer should have stopped me dead-in-my-tracks when I did the test drive. So, I'm assuming everything is just fine!
The manual also gave specific instruction against excessive braking, locking down the brakes, ect, for the first several miles so the pad can get broken in. Also said to repeat whenever the brake pads are replaced.
Well, my truck just turned over 1000 miles, and I've not had any problems. So I don't think towing that trailer affected anything. Still, had I known, I probably would have towed anyway!
