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TomG2
Feb 02, 2014Explorer
Let me ask the same question another way. "If" the tow vehicle brakes don't matter and "If" the trailer stops itself, why has my stopping distance increased with every one of a dozen tow vehicle/trailer/brake controller setups that I have towed with in the last twenty years? Shouldn't the tow vehicle stop in the same distance as unhitched? I contend that tow vehicle brakes do matter and I think that those designed to stop 9,000 pounds will work better than those designed to stop 7,000 pounds. Can you tell me that "some" of the trailer weight does not tend to shove the tow vehicle down the road during an emergency stop?
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