8K pound load is going stop very poorly on the back of the X.
If you don't pay allot of attention you will ruin your pretty new pads/rotors.

 

Yeah... I decided I'll just follow the law on this one. I'm basically doing my friends a favor with this, so I'll see if they want to find something with brakes or possibly tow it at under 30mph the whole way (which Texas state law allows)

 

Hopefully on secondary roads, 30 seems dangerously slow on the 70mph interstate?

 

yeah of course, avoiding the interstates completely

 

Give that trailer a good once over, your friend may not understand what he is looking at and it may actually have brakes that he doesn't realize. If it's a manufactured car hauler made within the last few decades it should have either electric or surge brakes on at least one axle.

 

Yeah that's what I was thinking... I think it's a very good chance it's a DIY job though. It's my friends previous employer's trailer, and I think they do a lot of machining, mechanic work, etc

 

I think you are going to need SMV triangles if you are going to try the 30 MPH rule (I had no idea that existed) and maybe print that statue and hope you don't run across a bored trooper.

 

SMV might need to be under 25mph.

 

I don't know about you guys but U-Haul rents trailers very economically instead of a 30mph road trip...

 

Definitely, problem is the truck is not running so we need a winch... don't think there's any way to rent one or anything right? And at that point probably just pay for a tow.

 

Humm. My open 16' trailer only has one axle brakes.


We have one more trip this year, Thanksgiving at Myrtle Beach. All in all the Surveyor has been fairly trouble free. I try to fix things as they pop up, mainly a loose something here or there. With the next trip we will have over 30 days in it this year.

 

Not all states share PA's regulations on trailer brakes, so many manufactured car haulers (and other trailer types) are available with only one of a set of axles with brakes. It's a cost savings thing, most will provide the upgrade to both axles braked for an extra charge. But if you want to register it in PA and get it inspected it must have brakes all around.
We are heading out for a 3 days in NJ this weekend with friends that have a Class A, going to take our dogs along and visit a couple of local wineries. Then the plan is to head out again for the Nov 17th weekend to Lancaster PA with other friends that just upgraded from a Class A to a Fifth Wheel (and '14 6.2 SD dually). I plan to blow my water lines dry after this weekend and then wait till after the Nov weekend to do it again and add the antifreeze for the Winter. It looks like that will put us at around 37 or so nights in the TT this year, a little less than our typical season but we did have the 16 day UK trip which otherwise would have been spent in the camper.

 

Yes a winch of sorts will be needed but if the truck roles just doesn't run it will require a lot less force. I have chain come-a-longs and other lifting/rigging tools but I bet you can rent one at your equipment rental place. My winch is on a receiver tube so I can move it around but like I said a winch is not really necessary to load a rolling truck.

 

Awesome, yeah I wasn't sure how high of a rating you'd need for a come along to work on a rolling truck. Sounds like even a 1 ton could work fine?

 

I would think so. A chain come along is a real lifting tool with 5:1 safety factor.
If you follow this chart from etrailer you might be able to confirm your equipment.

Winching on an Incline

Static Loads vs. Rolling Loads

A static load (or dead load) is a weight without motion. The absence of wheels makes the load more resistant to pulling. The winch capacity is listed for pulling static loads.

A rolling load (for example, a vehicle) can be winched or moved more easily because it has wheels. When winching a rolling load, the winch can handle more weight than its rated capcity. On level ground, a winch can pull 10 times its capacity.


Inclines

Pulling a load up a ramp or incline adds extra resistance. To find the amount of load that can be pulled up an incline, multiply the winch capacity by the factor shown in the chart. The multiplication factor shown includes a 10 percent rolling factor. Note: 5 percent incline is a 1/2 ft rise in 10 ft.
% InclineMultiply By:0% (Level surface)105% (3-degree)6.6710% (6-degree)5.0220% (11-degree)3.4030% (17-degree)2.6150% (26-degree)1.8670% (35-degree)1.53100% (45-degree)1.29
For example, a 2,000-lb winch pulling a rolling load on a level surface can handle up to 20,000 lbs. At a 5 percent incline, the same winch can handle a rolling load up to 13,340 lbs. As the incline increases, the weight a winch can pull decreases.