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North of 8

Posted 11/23/2022 6:06 PM (#1014813 - in reply to #1014812)
Subject: Re: Trailer Breaks

I have an 18' tiller with a 90 and a 15 hp kicker. Trailer has electric disc brakes and I am glad it does. I tow with a Yukon XL. That is a heavy vehicle so it's brakes already have a job. Most of the time I would be ok, but as pklingen stated, sometimes it might not be. Last year I was hauling the boat to have the motors winterized and a mile from the shop a big buck bolted out of the woods right in front of me. I was really glad that trailer had brakes. If it didn't, that buck would have been in my radiator.

For comparison, I have a 10'x6.5' utility trailer that does not have brakes. With my UTV in the trailer, I am still probably 900 pounds or so lighter than the boat/trailer but need to allow a lot more space for stopping than with the boat/trailer. I have had the utility trailer loaded to its one ton load max a couple times and than I really wish I had brakes and that is when it weighs about the same as my boat/trailer.

Edited by North of 8 11/23/2022 6:28 PM