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Old 10-20-2014, 02:40 PM   #27
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When I lived in England, all we saw on the road were small TVs pulling large trailers. Think RAV4 pulling a 25-foot conventional travel trailer. Yes, diesel engines are much more commonplace there, perhaps even the norm, so even if those engines provided adequate power for pulling, that doesn't help handling or stopping. Looked like most of the braking was via surge brakes via a tongue-mounted actuator. I don't understand how they can safely get away with these kinds of setups. They have fast highways, mountainous terrain, and curvy narrow windy roads, so it's not like they're towing in the flatlands of Kansas.

I was always tempted to go into a dealer and ask, but I never made it.

Dave
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