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Old 03-15-2010, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by scottman70
How dare that fool place lives on the line like that! Jeez mine takes a long time to stop with 11K behind it! Sorry not trying to get off subject, just in disbelief that someone could care less about the safety of others like that? Those kind of people should be thrown in jail and beaten! I broke my hitch with 11K behind me! What a freaking moron!
Well I am going to take issue with your statement. First off as I don't drink alcohol, So I am safer than every person that goes to a bar or restaurant and has a drink or two and gets in their vehicle believing their judgment and reaction time is not impaired. Or the countless people who drive around talking on their cell phone while driving. I have brakes on all 6 wheels on my trailer and can stop in the same or probably shorter distance with the trailer than without it.. I drive slower, allow much more following distance and stop regularly to check the load and vehicle. Turn the lightbar on if I am traveling significantly slower than the flow of traffic, I also have inspected my hitch and there is no cracks or other problems... If you have read my previous threads you will see I have made multiple improvements to my towing setup...
That said I don't see where you come off with all the name calling. Its not the type of weight I usually tow either with this truck... If you want to talk about unsafe towing lets get real, how about the 90% of folks that rent trailers from U-haul with no brakes or surge only brakes which give you no way to arrest sway... these same folks have no idea what trailer sway is, its cause or how to minimize it, I bet 50% overload those trailers.... Then you got all those folks towing 1 car with another using a tow bar and zero trailer brakes... I've been to many auto auction s and see this every time, The Mexicans come up and buy a bunch of POS cars, take the front bumper of one and the rear of the other and bolt on some mickey mouse tow bar accessory and then tow these cars hundreds of miles to the border.. Further more I bet none of them have insurance on any of those vehicles...
Please a bit more consideration before you start name calling and making wild accusations...