04-13-2011, 02:16 PM
I would agree with everyone's comments of going bigger. Gas prices are always cheaper then a wrecked vehicle and hospital bills for your family and the other families if your boat takes over your vehicle. I actually added a second axle with brakes to my single axle trailer. It drives much much better now and the surge brakes are very helpful in UT. I drive a duramax and pull an 18.5 ft glass starcraft. I've had to put it in 4 hi to get traction at lucerne more than once as it's slippery or icy down there during certain months. I also would more than likely not be here as I was coming down the Mtn and some idiot with a travel trailer cut me off where I had to hammer the brakes down hard, if I were in a small vehicle I'm confident that boat would have passed me. It's also one of the things which prompted me to add an axel so it tows easier and has surge brakes.
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