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A couple years ago we were camping with my uncle, who drove a semi for many years, and he made the comment that a lot of people who buy the souped up trucks to
by war1025 8y ago
A couple years ago we were camping with my uncle, who drove a semi for many years, and he made the comment that a lot of people who buy the souped up trucks to haul their campers around don't actually have the right setup because the brakes are the most important part of having a truck for towing things. Lots of people (me included) assume you just need a big engine and stiff suspension. Thought that was a nice bit of insight.
- EADGBE 8y agoA lot the larger-engined trucks out there have braking packages included in the tow packaging, now. Controls right in the dash, sent strait to the trailer plug. I can remember similar trucks of 15-20 years ago didn't have these; trailer brakes were always an aftermarket addition.
- war1025 8y agoI don't even mean the trailer brake / light package. He was referring to the fact that if you are going to be towing heavy things, you need to have much stronger brakes on the truck itself since most of the braking power on a vehicle ends up coming from the front wheels. Being able to stop a heavy thing that is going fast is as important, if not more important, than being able to get the heavy thing up to speed to begin with.