My post was more on common sense approach to towing under a wide variety of circumstance as I noted. In the common sense approach theory, you should not pick apart the individual or partial thoughts I put out there, but look at the broader picture I am trying to portray. I am NOT trying to be specific, and am deliberately tryig to avoid that as I indicated in the fact there are enough variations in towing you could fill up a book.
So, when I say, "
"Towing a single vehicle with nonfunctioning brakes must be limited to not more than 25 mph on the highway and 15 mph off road.
So, you have to ask yourself the question, what would be the appropriate top speed if the towed vehicle had brakes to assist in the stopping process."
then you have to read the entire paragraph in lieu of a single word, sentence, etc. in order to follow the thought process, where if it is 25mph on the road without brakes, what is it with brakes.
The towed vehicle and the towing vehicle are irrevalent in a case like this when I am speaking from an overall thought process of with, or without brakes, making a huge difference in how fast a towed vehicle could go under a given circumstance.
If you want to be specific to the flat towed vehicle without brakes, I agree, 15-25mph is probably about right by the book, the way the book is written.
If you want more argumentative discussion, I'll say this. If I had a 5 ton truck, I would not hesitate to go 45mph towing a Deuce without brakes on the towed Deuce while using a Hunter towbar rated at 39K pound towing capacity and a set of good safety chains. And I really don't give a hoot what the book says.