On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > Anyways, it's all in good fun. I'm sure these guys did a few upgrades to > help them tow. A decent weight-distributing hitch will go a long way towards keeping your rear from dragging on the ground (and in the process, improve braking and reduce sway.) You don't see them too often on anything but travel trailers, though. Electric trailer brakes are superior to surge brakes if your tow vehicle is a bit undersized. Not only are they more effective and better in sync with the tow vehicle brakes, you can manually activate them independent of the tow vehicle brakes to pull a swaying trailer back into line.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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