Towing heavy with a single wheel 3500
I'm looking at possibly upgrading to a larger and heavier fiver in the future (Columbus 385BH or similar) and each one is right around 13k dry/15k GVW, some pushing 16k gross. My current fiver is arou...
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Norfla
Have to agree with Texan. An EB would not have made much more than a foot or two in the situation you described. Your service brakes, controller etc ALL needed to be in top order. Other wise, your changing out your shorts.
Hopefully you also stated the distance wrong per say, is that supposed to be 10' as you typed, or a whopping 10" as you may have ment?
I've had the same situation towing my 12k equipment trailer behind my 12k empty MDT. The service brakes on the truck are rather d to stop the 24k total if the trailer would be parked on the truck. Even with that ability, I have had to change my shorts in this combo!
Marty
Marty
Have to agree with Texan. An EB would not have made much more than a foot or two in the situation you described. Your service brakes, controller etc ALL needed to be in top order. Other wise, your changing out your shorts.
Hopefully you also stated the distance wrong per say, is that supposed to be 10' as you typed, or a whopping 10" as you may have ment?
I've had the same situation towing my 12k equipment trailer behind my 12k empty MDT. The service brakes on the truck are rather d to stop the 24k total if the trailer would be parked on the truck. Even with that ability, I have had to change my shorts in this combo!
Marty
Marty
