Supplemental Brakes Confession Time
Hello. Long time member and have been driving my American Coach Revolution 42T for over 2 years now and LOVE it. I just upgraded my 2007 Ford Escape (towed it with a two wheel tow dolly) to a ...
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GreenSalsa wrote:
Hello.
Long time member and have been driving my American Coach Revolution 42T for over 2 years now and LOVE it.
I just upgraded my 2007 Ford Escape (towed it with a two wheel tow dolly) to a 2017 Ford Edge.
I have lusted over flat towing for the past 24+ months, now that I have a vehicle that I can do it with my question is this:
My rig can tow 15,000 lbs. Do I really need a supplemental brake system for a car that has a curb weight of 4,000 lbs? I seriously doubt I will even know it is back there. I am completely confident the rig will stop the car.
What say the crowd? Do I need it or will I be okay with out it?
This question has came up many times and again I say, if it will stop any quicker and even for the distance of an inch, then install the thing already and be done with it. Pretty simple to do with a NSA READYBRAKE, too. Good bang for the buck, simple and trouble free. You might want to install the READYSTOP break away while you're at it, for some peace of mind if nothing else. I did see some pictures of the whole front end, ripped off of a toad once. Don't ask me how or why, it just was.
