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<blockquote data-quote="KarlVP" data-source="post: 1310421" data-attributes="member: 16136"><p>Using the wifes 1/4 ton ZJ to tow my Jeep to the rubicon. I did not use Anti Sway controls or a load levelling hitch. No biggie, the jeep was rated to tow that kind of load, so I figure I'll just take it slow. Right around Chehalis, I was following one of those BIG cranes with like 10 or so wheels on it going down the freeway at about 55MPH. One of the tires on the Crane blows and traffic starts scattering everywhere. I slammed on the brakes on the ZJ and the trailer brakes lock up and lift the front wheels on the ZJ up in the air and I hear the chassis "crack". I thought the windshield was going to pop out of the damn thing. I dusted myself off, turned the trailer brakes down a little and towed the rest of the way to the rubicon and back without incident. </p><p> </p><p>Another time I had a U-Haul to move from VA to Wa. I didn't know nothing about nothing about trailer brakes. Well that cocksucking trailer had surge brakes on it. The wife and I got lost in Mukilteo looking for the new place and ended up on a dead end headed downhill. Only recourse was to back the trailer back up the hill. The damn thing would back up about 10 feet and then no more. I didn't know how surge brakes worked so I just stood on the U-Haul go pedal and slowly backed up the hill. I mean that thing was revving to the redline tires smoking and the trailer was being pushed backwards. The check engine light came on and I just held it to the floor until I could turn the truck around. After that the truck would only shift into 1st and second gear and it smelled like burnt something or other. I turned the truck in and told them that it happened on the way back to the drop off point and they should check it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarlVP, post: 1310421, member: 16136"] Using the wifes 1/4 ton ZJ to tow my Jeep to the rubicon. I did not use Anti Sway controls or a load levelling hitch. No biggie, the jeep was rated to tow that kind of load, so I figure I'll just take it slow. Right around Chehalis, I was following one of those BIG cranes with like 10 or so wheels on it going down the freeway at about 55MPH. One of the tires on the Crane blows and traffic starts scattering everywhere. I slammed on the brakes on the ZJ and the trailer brakes lock up and lift the front wheels on the ZJ up in the air and I hear the chassis "crack". I thought the windshield was going to pop out of the damn thing. I dusted myself off, turned the trailer brakes down a little and towed the rest of the way to the rubicon and back without incident. Another time I had a U-Haul to move from VA to Wa. I didn't know nothing about nothing about trailer brakes. Well that cocksucking trailer had surge brakes on it. The wife and I got lost in Mukilteo looking for the new place and ended up on a dead end headed downhill. Only recourse was to back the trailer back up the hill. The damn thing would back up about 10 feet and then no more. I didn't know how surge brakes worked so I just stood on the U-Haul go pedal and slowly backed up the hill. I mean that thing was revving to the redline tires smoking and the trailer was being pushed backwards. The check engine light came on and I just held it to the floor until I could turn the truck around. After that the truck would only shift into 1st and second gear and it smelled like burnt something or other. I turned the truck in and told them that it happened on the way back to the drop off point and they should check it out. [/QUOTE]
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