Michelle.S wrote:
I really find some of these responses very interesting, such as:
"The nice thing about an F450 is that the brakes are designed to stop 26,000 pounds without assistance. My brake controller failed last year while I was towing a 15,000 pound fifth wheel on hills and around curves. The truck still stopped perfectly."
The reason I find this interesing, we had a brake problem in the spring and had our rig (approx 17K) towed to the Dealers. Now a very large Tow rig showed up, don't remember exact brand, but certainly much, much bigger than any 450. Well towing on the flat at 40-45 MPH our rig pushed that truck through several Red lights as there was no way he could stop it. Glad it was all flat with no grades or sharp curves.
I'm wondering if the shop that towed you sent a truck out that wasn't up to the job. I had to get towed two years ago. My F450 with attached 36' fifth wheel weighed in at over 20k pounds. They sent an enormous wrecker - HDT body, 14 wheels. We were over 100 feet long when hitched. That wrecker didn't seem to notice that it had anything behind it.
I'm glad you made it to the dealership safely. It sounds like quite the hair-raising experience!
