Here are some shots from the other day when I towed the excavator for the second time. I looked up the stats on the excavator and it weighs 6,850 pounds. I'm sure the trailer weighed over 1,000 pounds as well. Truck did a magnificent job towing it the 15 miles. It went 70mph down the highway very effortlessly, I was really impressed. It's not something I usually do, my brother does the towing, but it's nice to know my truck can handle the mini excavators when need be. I have grown awhole new apprecation for the power of this truck since I've putten the 285s on this truck, love the 360.




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How's the stopping distance?

 

Ya know what it wasn't bad at all, I was very suprised. The only thing that sucked was the brakes on the trailer sucked. Everytime I would begin accelerating, the brakes would release late and would pull on the truck for a second, other than that, no problems at all. It felt like it could do a lot more, but I wouldn't risk it.

 

What kind of brake controller do you use? The truck looks really good. Did it do as well as your brothers truck?

 

You don't have any upclose pictures from different angles of your front tint do you? I know I'm weird I just happen to like tint and lights like headlight bulbs, neons, stuff like that.

 

Not sure on the break controller. Trailer was a rental and had breaks in it. I will get more shots though, I didn't really get any side shots. It handeled it as good as my brother's truck though, we were shocked

 

So you don't have a brake controller in your truck?Did the trailer have electric brakes or hydraulic? I'm assuming hydraulic since you said the brakes worked. If it was electic like a lot of trailers seem to be you have to use a brake controller that you plug under the dash to have brakes. They aren't that expensive like $60-100. I have one I bought off my uncle for $20 he barely used but have never had to use it.

 

Rental generally have hydraulic brakes.

Jeff

 

Oh okay cool. I've never rented a trailer so didn't really know on rentals. Most people I know seem to have electric brakes on their trailers with the exception of one guy with a car trailer I know.

I bought the brake controller incase I ever need it. For $20 I couldn't pass it up. He used it once I know maybe a few more times but it seemed like new and I know he didn't use it much. I've pulled a few trailers with brakes for short distances where we left them unhooked. I bought it so if I did that again I could hook them up.

 

That trailer looks like it has hydraulic surge brakes, similar to what you see a lot on boat trailers. These would not use a brake controller even if you have one equiped, the controllers work with electric brake trailers.