Re: Re: FourWheel Falcon Slide in camper on a Quad? ALSO electric brake conversion

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2004 - 20:03:08 EST


Bill Pitz wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:33:00 -0500, barnesrv@comcast.net ("Rick
> Barnes") wrote:
>
>>Joe, to me, a Bronco has WAY too short of a wheelbase to tow anything...that
>>is dangerous. The way a slide-in feels in a pickup truck though is even
>>scarier to me...they make a truck roll left and right and are difficult to
>>stop. Just my 2 cents.
>
>
> That's another very good point -- you will be hard pressed to find a
> travel trailer that doesn't have its own brakes. It's kinda hard to
> put brakes on a slide-in that doesn't have any wheels of its own :-)

Depending on the state you're in, brakes may be required on trailers as
light as 1000 pounds dry. Even if they aren't, they're an excellent idea.

-- 
-andy

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