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Why am I still here?
On 1/10/2017 8:28 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 1/10/17 7:41 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/10/2017 7:20 AM, True North wrote: Alex Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2017 6:44 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/9/17 6:02 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/8/2017 6:15 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/8/17 5:47 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/8/2017 1:06 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: - show quoted text - - show quoted text - "Check out the Honda Ridgeliner. Barely a truck but well received." Say what! I thought you know-it-alls claimed that a uni-body vehicle couldn't be a truck I expect an apology for the ridicule heaped on my Rav4 and my Highlander. That was basically true in the past. Unibody construction wasn't stiff enough (or strong enough) to handle the loads typically encountered with a truck's potential usages. However, more recent unibody designs have supposedly taken that into account. The new Honda Ridgeline is promoting the fact that it's unibody construction is still rated to tow up to 5,000 lbs. I doubt very much you'll see a unibody truck being recommended for snow plowing soon though. Wow. I don't know that I'd want to tow a 5000 pound trailer/load behind one of these new, smaller trucks. Mine is rated at 6400 pounds, but I wonder at braking capabilities and the ability to tow that load up hilly inclines. Most states require independent brakes on trailers above 3K lbs with some above 5K lbs. Maryland and Massachusetts are exceptions but Maryland requires a braking system that will hold the trailer in place on a grade (unattached to a vehicle). I've always had trailer brakes on the car trailer, horse trailer and boat trailers. Adjusted properly with the controller, they put little or no extra stopping capability requirement on the tow vehicle. Surge brakes on boat trailers are a little "iffy" though. |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:44:57 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: I've always had trailer brakes on the car trailer, horse trailer and boat trailers. Adjusted properly with the controller, they put little or no extra stopping capability requirement on the tow vehicle. Surge brakes on boat trailers are a little "iffy" though. Brakes on boat trailers are iffy no matter what. If you are dunking them in salt water, they don't last very long. |
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#104
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:44:57 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've always had trailer brakes on the car trailer, horse trailer and boat trailers. Adjusted properly with the controller, they put little or no extra stopping capability requirement on the tow vehicle. Surge brakes on boat trailers are a little "iffy" though. Brakes on boat trailers are iffy no matter what. If you are dunking them in salt water, they don't last very long. My UFP aluminum calipers have done well over the years. Only problem I had was wiped out a caliper and rotor, when the pads separated. Left just the steel backing of the pad grinding on the rotor and the caliper piston came out far enough to leak all the fluid. Could have rebuilt the caliper, but cost and availability of parts had me buy a new one. The disks do much better than the old style brakes. |
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