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One key thing most folks do not think about with heavy trailers is the trailer brakes.
Only thing making the brakes work is the trailer plug connection and a wire going back to the electric brakes.
If you have a broken wire, bad connection in the plug, or the plug is loose or falls out of the receptical on the truck, then you have no brakes.
Put that heavy trailer behind a undersized pickup, start down one of the 6 percent grades of 10 miles or more (real common out here in the Cascades and Coast Range and the Rockies), and you will have a runaway if you have no trailer brakes. The bigger the tow vehicle, the better chance you have of slowing the combination down with no trailer brakes.
If I were towing that trailer the tow vehicle would have a torque converter lockup control (if the trans was an auto) and a exhaust brake.
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1999 7.3 F450 Cabriolet Crew Cab with Aluminum hauler bed (love the side storage!), Banks Power Pac, Donaldson Air Filter, Set up for Fifth Wheel, Gooseneck and bumper pull. ATS Billet Transmission, ATS Five Star Torque Converter, ATS Co-Pilot. Pulling a 34 ft. Silverado Aluminum Horse Trailer with Living Quarters.
This F450 will be replaced with a heavier truck, maybe a Freightliner or a Peterbilt around 25,000 GVW. AND with a big manual transmission.
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