Trailer Brakes

[Pat]

Anyone tow without trailer brakes?
I normally use them but my dad robbed the trailer brake controller for his motorhome.
Its a 2007 K2500 Silverado towing roughly 5000 lbs jeep and trailer.
Should it be fine for one trip or is it dangerous?

 

[blackman]

ive done it before not a big fan of it.. you can pick up a controller for pretty cheap....

 

[Lucky Jeff]

can be done, done it myself. But it isn't the funnest thing.

 

[Not Jobless]

Anyone tow without trailer brakes?
I normally use them but my dad robbed the trailer brake controller for his motorhome.
Its a 2007 K2500 Silverado towing roughly 5000 lbs jeep and trailer.
Should it be fine for one trip or is it dangerous?

Ask your self what a liability law suit is worth and ask yourself that question again.

 

[partsch]

not worth the risk.

 

[Cascade_Crawler]

like stated, they arnt that much, why risk it

 

[Pat]

Thanks, I thought it probably wasn't wise.
I'll grab another controller tomorrow.

 

[KarlVP]

Ask Dirtball.

 

[Trailtoy1993]

Last time I towed a rig without trailer brakes I had a a freak accident occur that damn near killed my girlfriend at the time. The wheel studs broke on the right rear of the tow vehicle and IF i Would Have Had trailer brakes I could have hit them and stopped safely, instead we did a 180 in the middle of the road, barrel rolled the trailer and flipped the tow rig on its side slamming into a tree on the oppisite side of the highway hard enough to bend the frame into a U.

NOT WORTH THE RISK, to make a long story short.uke:

 

[Pat]

Ask Dirtball.[/QUOTE

I saw the picture, whats the story behind it?
No trailer brakes was the cause?

 

[1 grumpy]

nope he lost his whole hitch...







And you should just steal the brake controler back from your dad I mean jeeze he can afford to get his own damn controler