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Wow! My truck bogs down to 1500 rpm by it's lonesome on hills. That's why trailer/load weights concern me. I have a low hours whistler turbo motor. It seems to run great, but it doesn't like hills. How can your truck pull so much better than mine?

I just read something on Northern Tools concerning hydraulic disc or drum surge brakes. When you brake the tow vehicle the forward inertia of the trailer compresses a master cylinder which operates the trailer brakes. It has a defeat solenoid for backing up. I think the cost was $675 for the...

Eager Beaver are great trailers. I once pulled one behind a Mack R model, but the Mack had almost double the horse power and torque of a multifuel. I think Eager Beaver tandems weigh in the 10k range unloaded.

There are two companies (Appalachian & Econoline) that make very nice pintle hook equipment trailers. They are much lighter at 3,500 to 4,500 pounds than many of the really heavy duty trailers with air brakes which can weigh five tons empty, but they can still haul anywhere from a five ton to a...