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[RC] Trailer towing - ranch"...When you drive a "small" towing vehicle, you must reduce your speeds and/or increase your "envelope" sufficiently to account for the fact you ..." If the tow vehicle is to small, if the trailer has no brakes how do you compensate for the moose (or small child) that jumps out in front of you as you go down a steep hill? The manufacturer's recommended towing capacities are MINIMUM for safety. As far as I know all states require trailer brakes on trailer units that are the weight of even the lightest trailer and one horse. If you were to hit a child, or whatever and the police and liability lawyers found out that the trailer brakes were not operating, I suspect you would be in a world of trouble. As I have posted in the past. Heavy duty, used vehicles are cheap in North America. Buy a truck to haul, and a small car to dive around the rest of the time. Run the numbers. You can own, put fuel in, and maintain two proper, used vehicles for less money than one almost new vehicle that can NOT SAFELY pull a trailer but still gets less fuel mileage than a small auto. Ed Ed and Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx (406) 552-4516 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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