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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 4:10:02 AM
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cumminalong
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While not a good idea, I don't think you'll have a problem.
The only time I'd towed heavy like that without brakes was my parents boat...9k inlcuding the trailer. My fathers Power, hack, Choke blew a turbo oil line and I had to go pick up the boat. This was going from Oneida Lake in NY over to Lake Champlain.
The trailer had brakes, but I didn't have a controller in the truck.
Granted, I took it very easy and allowed a lot of room to stop, but I would have much rather had the brakes.
Now, I tow 4K quite a bit without brakes and don't even notice the trailer back there, but it's not goign through the terrain that you are talking about.
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 4:20:27 AM
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mytowrig
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i don't forsee any real problems, i just thought i'd ask. and like i said, 7k is probably a pretty high estimate. all i am towing is my jeep on a 16ft tandem axle utility trailer. might actually be closer to 5k. kinda rediculous that it doesnt have brakes, considering its from a trailer rental place that is also a pretty big trailer manufacturing place. they build most of their trailers with brakes, except apparently, the ones they use as rentals i can't wait to not have to live in an apartment anymore so i can have my own trailer again!
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 4:31:06 AM
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cumminalong
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quote:
ORIGINAL: mytowrig
.....i can't wait to not have to live in an apartment anymore so i can have my own trailer again!
So you're movin' back to the trailer park, huh????
< Message edited by cumminalong -- 5/16/2008 4:40:12 AM >
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 5:03:08 AM
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mytowrig
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haha you got it! nah, i just want a nice flat bed big enough to haul a jeep or two but living in an apartment means nowhere to keep the trailer so i have to rent or borrow and no one has one available this week so i need to rent not too bad though, 25 bucks a day, plus a free day since i'll have it a full week
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 8:21:53 AM
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mikebol
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Could it be that the trailer has compression brakes on the tongue rather than electric brakes? I think most of the rental places use the compression\hydrolic brakes for their rental trailers because you can't always guarantee the tow vehicle has a controller.
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 11:52:22 AM
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mytowrig
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nope, no brakes whatsover. just some wood and metal sitting on a couple of axles...
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 1:33:27 PM
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agargano98
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wow, up here in Connecticut any trailer with a gross weight of 2000 lbs + is required by law to have some form of braking system.
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 1:47:38 PM
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mytowrig
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no law like that down here that i know of...
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RE: no trailer brakes... - 5/16/2008 3:13:14 PM
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mytowrig
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the trailer itself i'm sure weighs less than 3k... its just a 16ft utility trailer with a wood floor
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