towing on snow
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yea, just wanted to add that the idea of disconecting one axle of the trailer sounds like a possibility. if you have an inertia based controler maybe the abs would make it finicky, but your brake lights stay on even if abs kicks in, and your trailer brakes should stay on if their electronically actuated. it definatly takes technique and practice to handle that much equipment in the snow. I would experiment with diff setups, chains on one axle, one axle disconected, abs disconected, etc.
not snow or trailer related, but i know with the abs on my truck, there is construction by my house, and right where i need to start applying my brakes i hit a little bump and if its wet, or even damp, i feel the brake peddle start to drop into abs, and every time i cringe for a split second till it comes to a stop .... just hoping its going to stop. learning on 70s and 80s trucks you know what needs to be done to stop, and it totally throws it out the window with abs ... guess thats why the police get their cars without abs ... all the driver training.
not snow or trailer related, but i know with the abs on my truck, there is construction by my house, and right where i need to start applying my brakes i hit a little bump and if its wet, or even damp, i feel the brake peddle start to drop into abs, and every time i cringe for a split second till it comes to a stop .... just hoping its going to stop. learning on 70s and 80s trucks you know what needs to be done to stop, and it totally throws it out the window with abs ... guess thats why the police get their cars without abs ... all the driver training.
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yeah.... i dont like ABS at all... when i feel the pedal start to push back at me.... i always wonder if im going to stop... id rather control myself how much breaks are applied and not applied to control my own stop, rather than a computer... ahh well.
ABS is standard on pretty much all cars now so i guess there isnt much you can do.
Im gonna tell my guys this today and have them do some experimenting.
chains i dont think are an option just because the way snow falls in cleveland. Most of the snow is due to lake effect which keeps most of the snow to the east side of cleveland, and you can drive 10 minutes and be from no snow to 2 feet of snow.
thanks guys
kevin
ABS is standard on pretty much all cars now so i guess there isnt much you can do.
Im gonna tell my guys this today and have them do some experimenting.
chains i dont think are an option just because the way snow falls in cleveland. Most of the snow is due to lake effect which keeps most of the snow to the east side of cleveland, and you can drive 10 minutes and be from no snow to 2 feet of snow.
thanks guys
kevin
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About removing the fuse on the ABS, you might want to be sure your insurance won't pull out from under you incase of an accident. They look for any excuse to not payout now. To help the trailer from sliding sideways, have the brakes on 1 (one) wheel backed off just a little. If 1 rolls when the others are skidding, it will help the trailer to stay straight. good luck Phil
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Originally Posted by soupy264
About removing the fuse on the ABS, you might want to be sure your insurance won't pull out from under you incase of an accident. They look for any excuse to not payout now. To help the trailer from sliding sideways, have the brakes on 1 (one) wheel backed off just a little. If 1 rolls when the others are skidding, it will help the trailer to stay straight. good luck Phil
i just wanted to say i ALMOST did wreck when the ABS tried to screw me pulling a trailer on loose terrian once.. in 2001 when my truck was brand new... from that moment on, my Fuse has been removed and my ABS disconnected.. and that fact has Kept me from wrecking , thus getting insuranced involved... i do however keep the fuse inside the little ford case w/ the manual in case i do wreck.. ill install it first thing... now my 11" lift that my insurance doesnt know about... well i can only guess they wouldnt like that.... oh well i dont have insurance to pay for my fuggups.... i dont fuggup... its just cause the law requires it..... so i dont worry about it....
JJ
