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Originally Posted by Mr. Adventure
The limiting factor in tow capacity can be brakes, axle loads, tires, or suspension, but horsepower probably isn't as much of a problem these days.
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You're forgetting the #1 thing:
GEOMETRY! If your wheelbase and track are too short and too narrow, out-of-line loads caused by your Trailer's momentum can easily push you sideways into the ditch. It's a HORIZONTAL thing, not a vertical thing ("axle loads, tires, suspension").
Now (per my title and with regard to bent rotors and fading brakes in several other posts: Yeah, those old 4R's had easily warped rotors. But if your TV brakes rotors are getting bent only when you're towing the by the Trailer,
you need to fix or re-adjust your trailer brakes 
Do you really think that the TV brakes are supposed to stop the Trailer? If so, please think about why they
require brakes on Trailers. C'mon people, if you can't adjust your brake controller to function properly, take it to someone who
can do the job right. You should NOT need sigificantly higher pedal pressure and braking force in your TV when towing a TM trailer, the trailer brakes should be doing the work!