Dean and Buster
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need to know what type of sway bar to tow a 6x12 trailer need ideas
poncho62 said:Should tow fine behind a full sized van....What hitch is on the van?..I would also be looking at trailer brakes.
Dean and Buster said:trailer is a single axel no breaks on single axel cargo trailers the van has a reese hitch on it
poncho62 said:I know here that if a trailer weighs more than 2000 lbs, trailer brakes are mandatory. By the time you put your stuff in that 6x12, I bet it weighs more than that. An E150 just has the standard sized brakes.........Like I said, I would be looking at trailer brakes.....just sayin'
Dean and Buster said:the van is a heavy duty van
Dean and Buster said:the van is a heavy duty van
Optimistic Paranoid said:Plus, worst case nightmare:
You're driving sedately through a town when a kid chases a ball into the road. You lock up your brakes but you hit him anyway. You really want to deal with: "Jesus, if I had had trailer brakes, I could have stopped sooner. That kid might still be alive." for the rest of your life?
we are in Missouri and will be heading westOptimistic Paranoid said:Irregardless, you need to understand that it is possible to get single axle trailers with brakes, it is possible to add brakes to a single axle trailer, and we are talking about a patchwork of fifty different state laws regulating exactly when a trailer MUST have it's own brakes to be legal on their roads.
Plus, you didn't say anything about where you are and where you plan to go.
A van with heavy duty brakes pulling a trailer with no brakes may be adequate on the great plains, and dangerously inadequate descending the Rocky Mountains.
Plus, worst case nightmare:
You're driving sedately through a town when a kid chases a ball into the road. You lock up your brakes but you hit him anyway. You really want to deal with: "Jesus, if I had had trailer brakes, I could have stopped sooner. That kid might still be alive." for the rest of your life?
highdesertranger said:I always recommend trailer brakes. there is no such thing as having, "to much braking". most but not all axles have the flanges for brakes already installed. an E-150 is not a heavy duty van it's a 1/2 ton. also since it has an aftermarket hitch that means it didn't come with a tow package. so no heavy duty suspension, no auxiliary trans cooler, no heavy duty brakes, and it's not wired for brakes(no controller). what is the tow rating of the van? highdesertranger
highdesertranger said:what's the tow rating of the van? highdesertranger
Dean and Buster said:11,500 pounds towing trailer 1200 pounds had to go look at the body tag for towing caspacity
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