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Im going to pickup this trailer tomorrow. Is there a way to easily release the air brakes without charging the system? 2007 Stewart & Stevenson M1082 LMTV Cargo Trailer
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Manual Air Brake Release M1082 LMTV Cargo Trailer
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gimpyrobb
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Cage the brakes. Just make sure the wheels are chocked and the tow vehicle can stop it!
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This raises the specter of "what are you using for a tow vehicle?"
I really hope it isn't a 1/2 ton pickup truck....
Personally, I'd be hesitant to do it even with the 1ton Ram with a welder in the bed. And I'm half nuts....
Towing that thing with the brakes caged and no air supplied to the service brakes is unsafe everywhere, and illegal most places, NY state certainly....
I really hope it isn't a 1/2 ton pickup truck....
Personally, I'd be hesitant to do it even with the 1ton Ram with a welder in the bed. And I'm half nuts....
Towing that thing with the brakes caged and no air supplied to the service brakes is unsafe everywhere, and illegal most places, NY state certainly....
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Maybe he just needs to release the springbrakes in order to load it onto an RGN (a much better option)
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Looks like it weighs 6500 empty? I have towed 13k with a f250 it was slow to stop for sure but wasnt dangerous in my book. I towed a bobcat t300 on a 12 ton backhoe trailer with no trailer brakes short distance with my deuce it stopped it fine. I would think a one ton ram would easily pull and stop this trailer. Odviously I wouldnt do it if I thought I would be putting anyones life in danger. I see no danger with that truck and trailer option.
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All it takes is 1 jerk to cut you off or a DOT cop looking for a reason to stop you .
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True DOT cops used to be big time bad in this area. Not much traffic where I was going. Heavy traffic might be a huge pucker factor.
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Was your 13k trailer unbraked?
Towing and stopping a trailer with brakes is a far cry from stopping an unbraked trailer. I've done over 20k with my Ram, but with functioning trailer brakes....
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5500lb pickup (typical 1/2 ton) + unbraked 6500lb trailer + wet road + attempt to stop in anything but a straight line = tow vehicle slides sideways and badness ensues...
My 1 ton ram + welder is closer to 12k, and more importantly has a bunch of weight on the rear axle. It would do it, but not legally.
My 1 ton ram + welder is closer to 12k, and more importantly has a bunch of weight on the rear axle. It would do it, but not legally.
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Hypothetical conversation in court:
Judge - "just so I understand... you disabled the brakes on a big truck trailer? And then took it on the interstate at 70 mph behind your F150? And then couldn't slow effectively to avoid impacting the texting teen merging into traffic?"
Fumbduck - " well yeah, but tje commercials all say the F150 can pull a big boat"
Judge - " you disabled a safety mechanism and as a result this kid is paralyzed for life and you have the gall to stand here in front of me and argue that you shouldn't be civilly and criminally accountable ????"
(Not a position I want to be in)
Judge - "just so I understand... you disabled the brakes on a big truck trailer? And then took it on the interstate at 70 mph behind your F150? And then couldn't slow effectively to avoid impacting the texting teen merging into traffic?"
Fumbduck - " well yeah, but tje commercials all say the F150 can pull a big boat"
Judge - " you disabled a safety mechanism and as a result this kid is paralyzed for life and you have the gall to stand here in front of me and argue that you shouldn't be civilly and criminally accountable ????"
(Not a position I want to be in)
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And one your insurance company may or may not cover. Most standard auto policies have a 10k GVW maximum (unless you've had an exception written in to your contract). The trailer sitting alone is over that.
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Yes it was an unbraked 13k with f250. I wasnt going 70mph thats for sure. My brake controller had died If i plugged it in somehow it locked the trailer brakes. Trailer worked fine with all the other trucks we have with brake controllers.
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Totally agree with the legal part. I would hate to be in a position having to explain why I was wayyyy over the legal limit weight wise.