Yes! I will vouch for the Jake Brake if you have an American trailer. I used to be a product editor for an RV magazine, and did an extensive review of these. Get a Jake Brake!
Terry
"May the Horse be with You"
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:49:23 +0000 From: merryben@xxxxxxxxxxx To: ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Trailer towing
Jake brake, Jake brake, Jake brake. Yes I know it is not a real jake brake but my exhaust brake on my 3/4 ton Dodge that pulls my 31' aluminum LQ is the best money I spent in a long time. I can come off of any of the steep passes in California and Nevada, usually in third gear, without hardly touching my brakes.............mb
----- Original Message ----- From: ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:21:06 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [RC] Trailer towing
"...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
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