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Re: [RC] Trailer brakes (was Truck questions) - Magnumsmom

Kat Swigart wrote:
[...]
If you tow with "not enough truck," as long as you have
enough trailer brakes, the place where it is most likely to
become unsafe is going around turns.  
[...]

Yes.  Don't forget though that this is all assuming normal
hauling conditions.

How much truck you need has as much to do with where you
drive as it does to do with how heavy your load is.

Except in emergency situations.  Rarely, the brakes on
your trailer can become disconnected or disabled.  The 
battery or emergency braking mechanism can fail (when
is the last time you *tested* your battery and/or
mechanism?  I found my battery was loosing it's charge 
every few months.  We have a small battery charger).  
In an emergency or unexpected situation all of the best 
planned can numbers go out the window.  

The only trailer manufacturer (that I know of) whose 
brakes are set up to deal with an emergency situation is 
the Brenderup where they use physics instead of mechanics 
to make sure the trailer will come to a stop.

Kathy Myers 
in Santa Fe, NM

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