TT Weight limits: theory and reality
There are a ton of threads here regarding the proper matching of TV and TT. Based on what I learned here, I made a very expensive decision to upgrade my brand new 1/2 ton to a 1 ton TV so that I would...
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TomG2 wrote:
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?
NOTHING loaded will stop like it can empty.
Period.
