On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, John T. Blair wrote:
> I'd suggest that you get a tandom wheel trailer and electric brakes.
If it comes down to one or t'other, for price or whatever reason, I'd
go with the un-braked dual axle. Brakes are great, but really unnecessary
for the rig you're talking about. I've towed my 2200 pound racecar on an
18' steel open trailer ( ~2 tons total ) with a variety of vehicles; a
Ford Ranger, an '02 F150, an '03 half-ton Silverado, a fullsize GMC van,
and a huge '07 3/4 ton Diesel Silverado. Even the Ranger had no problems,
despite the fact that the trailer's brakes are broke, and always have
been ( not my trailer ). The rest barely knew it was back there.
And we're ice-racers, so by definition we do stupid things like tow it
over to (hilly) Western Michigan in the dead of winter, at the butt-crack
of dawn before the plows are out. We once had to pull-over in the middle
of a lake-effect blizzard because we couldn't see much past the hood...
but keeping the trailer behind has never been an issue, even on snowy
off-ramps, and even boat-ramps for that matter.
That Tacoma is rated to 5,000 pounds*, so I wouldn't hesitate to tow a
Sprite on an open trailer, brakes or not. But I'd get brakes if I could,
obviously.
--
David Hillman
* TrailerLife's tow rating guides are infinitely useful if you tow ->
http://www.trailerlife.com/output.cfm?id=42175
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