Unbraked trailer, towing limitations
Hey folks, I’m looking for a new tow vehicle for a rig coming in at 2700 lbs, loaded, per the scale. I decided to trade down to a more modest unibody suv like the highlander, telluride or similar wit...
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blt2ski wrote:
For what it's worth, GM recommends brakes for trailers over 2000 lbs in my 1500. Which, is about the max payload of the truck. Brakes it's 6700 or so.....blown that number out of the water. Identical V8 it's around 11,000 braked.
I'll stick to my earlier, if the trailer puts you much over the manufactures GVW, say max 500-1000 lbs, best to have brakes on it, no matter the vehicle.
Marty
Yes, I looked up gm too, they are 2000 lbs for the sierra but also the Yukon/Tahoe but after all that I’ve discovered in this process, including our discussion today in response to my post, I’ve pretty much landed with what Marty says here, 500-1000 outside of gvwr will certainly fall within the safety margin of what the manufacturer has designed. Frankly, 1000 seems like the right breakpoint but I’m going to do a bit more math before officially deciding. Im also heading to the cat scale Friday.
