Re: How to bring a Jeep back from Colorado?

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Thu May 18 2006 - 12:41:05 EDT


"Miles D. Oliver" <moliver@mmoliver.org> wrote:
: As far as aux brakes of the vehicle being towed. For this amount of
: weight. I think that you are 'overthinking' this. At Around 2500 lbs you
: shouldn't need it. My Suzuki weighs in at around 2700 now with all the
: stuff I've done to it and it has run fine, tracked OK, even with 36"
: tires behind my '02 QC without issue and It it even ran fine with my
: old '98 CC with a V6.

   
   Yeah, the whole brake thing is more of a legal issue than a
safety one. A couple of the states it would need to be towed
through technically require a braking system on a flat towed
vehicle.

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