Towing trailer with brakes
Hello, I am involved in a boy scout troop that is going to buy a cargo trailer to haul camping equipment. The trailer will be a single axle trailer and have GVW of less then 3,000 lbs - probably i...
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wired13 wrote:
I am going to start by looking into surge brakes.
I have heard many stories of cross-overs and mid-size SUVs towing over 1000lbs without problem.
Thanks again,
-Andy
If as you said the trailer will be towed by many different vehicles, yes get the surge brakes. They have been used for many years with good results on boat trailers.
As for towing without problems does not mean it is the thing to do. All it takes is an idiot that will pass you on a crowded two lane highway then but on the binders and make a turn in front of you. You have a 1700 lb trailer behind you and without brakes you have no chance in stopping before you rear end him. But you will be at fault in most cases. Plus a chance of serious if not fatal injury. When I purchased my utility trailer brakes were not required in my state. But I was going to tow the trailer with a car so I got the electric brakes and wired the car for them. One time with an older pickup I had to get on the binders hard and then the brake pedal went to the floor. I used the over ride lever on my Prodigy to stop my rig with the trailer brakes. Almost hit a truck towing a TT in front of me. The master cylinder had failed on the truck.
