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Re: Trailer w/ Brakes or without?
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Posted by Thurlow on December 18, 2001 at 07:59:46 from (208.128.241.49):
In Reply to: Trailer w/ Brakes or without? posted by Cary on December 16, 2001 at 14:35:51:
How heavy is your truck? How much experience you got pulling a load? Farmers around here pull 150 bu. grain (9000#), 6-8 bales of cotton (12000#) all the time without brakes. Never seen a wrecked one. This is with heavy duty 3/4 or 1 ton pickups. But, if I were buying new, I would go on and spend the few extra dollars for the brakes. This will still not guarantee you'll be safe.....a lot more depends on your actions than on your equipment.
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