If
You
Do Decide
To
Pull
A
Trailer
If you do, here are some important points:
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There are many different laws, including speed
limit
restrictions, having to do with trailering. Make sure
your rig will be legal, not only where you live but
also
where you’ll be driving.
A
good source for
this
information can be state or provincial police.
Consider using a sway control. You
can
ask a hitch
dealer about sway controls.
Don’t tow a trailer at all during the first
1,000
miles
(1
600
km)
your new vehicle is driven. Your engine,
axle or other parts could be damaged.
Then, during the first
500
miles
(800
km)
that you
tow a trailer, don’t drive over
50
mph
(80
km/h)
and
don’t make
starts
at
full
throttle. This helps your
engine and other parts
of
your vehicle wear in at the
heavier loads.
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Obey speed limit restrictions when towing a trailer.
Don’t
drive
faster than the
maximum
posted speed
for trailers (or no more than
55
mph
(90
km/h))
to
save wear on your vehicle’s parts.
Three important considerations have to do with weight:
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the weight
of
the trailer,
the weight of the trailer tongue
and the
total
weight on your vehicle’s tires.
Weight
of
the Trailer
How heavy can a trailer safely be?
It should never weigh more than
1,500
lbs.
(680
kg)
under normal driving conditions.
It
should never weigh
more than
1,000
lbs.
(450
kg)
when driven on long
grades at high ambient temperatures (Above
90”
F
(32”
C).
But even that can be too heavy.
It depends on how you plan to use your
rig.
For
example, speed, altitude, road grades, outside
temperature
and
how much your vehicle
is
used to
pull a trailer
are
all important. And, it can also depend
on any special equipment that you have on your vehicle.
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