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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Mike134 wrote:
What percent of people towing do you think drill down like this forum? 1%?
I'll do like the other 99% hookup and go!!! I'll worry about stopping later.
Mike,
Most of us probably started out that way. Somewhere along the line a white knuckle omg moment comes about for whatever reason shape or form. Or you get the perverbial, I could have had a V8 moment!
For me with one rig, BB V8 dually 1 ton couldn't go up a hill.....geared too tall in transmission, as I blew up transmission at 30k miles, every 30k like clockwork after.
Another, surge brake trailer pushed me thru an intersection.
Rear ending someone at slow speed with a single axle non braked trailer in that DW 1ton full loaded at gvwr. Brakes while good, weren't that good!
No I'm not a out wd sway bar person! If I can't pull a trailer in a straight line at 60-65 mpg, I have other issues that need fixing before adding band aids on it.
We ALL have had learning curves. Some get very conservative about what they recommend, some say go for it no matter, others, hopefully I'm in this catagory, I know it will work, legal etc, but at the end of the day, the right thing is_______.
Hence why I've mentioned the last few days, I'd like to find out the citation/definition of when single axle trailers need brakes. I'm a bit like tealboy, I don't always trust the politicians to make the rules correct ALL the time. Just as I've found, I don't trust gvwr ratings the manufactures out on light duty pickups to work for my type of driving.
Marty
