towing question

ridiculous set

Some states will not allow a trailer manufacturer to deliver a new trailer with Surge brakes anymore. For safety reasons they prefer trailers where the trailer brakes come on just before the brakes on the tow vehicle. It can also be damn near impossible to back a trailer with surge brakes up a hill.

Oh ya! you know what the hell you are talking about! NOT!

Ignorant, that might be a good description for you!

From your own link: Our trailers are available in lengths from 20 ft to 51 ft. We can do stackers, fifth wheel, and conventional hitch trailers. We have car haulers starting at $4,899.00.

You are not going to find any new tandem axle trailer rated to carry a car (most states that requires brakes) for under $1500.00. Period!

Put up or shut up smart ass!

Joe wrote:

I have never seen one under $1400 around here with brakes. You probably could not legally pull a loaded one if it did not have brakes.

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So do you know offhand what would be a proper tongue length for an overall width of 9 feet 3 inches (to the outside of the tires)? R.

Unless your state is different than mine, I think it is illegal to go down the street at 9'-3" unless you have overwide flagging and an escort vehicle.

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Well I live in Saskatchewan. This is an agriculture area and the highways are full of very wide stuff going back and forth all the time. Of course if you were to go through the city you would stick to the truck routes. Ryan

Good point on the surge brake thing but unless you have a pretty good load and a hill steep enough to cause the springs to compress enough to engage the brakes, you can back up hills. Just make sure you start out easy and keep a steady push backward. I built a tandem trailer strictly for my own use and turned the rear axle backward so I would have good brakes in reverse. You haven't lived until you have a heavily loaded trailer pull you backward down a hill and the electric brakes won't hold because they're designed to apply in one direction only. For obvious reasons I don't sell units built in this fashion. Anyway, most travel trailers with tandem setups only have brakes on one axle. The other is simply a tag.