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Originally Posted by John Rogers
Couple questions: does the tow vehicle have a trailer manual brake control? If not get one. If the 2500 rated truck a diesel? If so get a "Jake Brake" and a transmission lock up controller. What is the tongue weight when you two or % or the total trailer weight? Check with the truck maker to see what they say. Does the truck sag when you have a loaded trailer hooked up, if so you need Air Lifts.
John
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The truck is a diesel and the total loaded trailer weight is well below its capacity. Of course it has a trailer brake controller, (I tow a lot w it), and I would never consider an exhaust brake on it. Completely unnecessary at my towing weights and very harmful to the engine of the truck.
I appreciate your offering help and I have a lot of respect for you but I disagree w some of your advice here. If a tow vehicle sags when hooked up to a trailer within its towing limits, “Air Lifts,” which I assume are some type of rear suspension lift, are never the answer. The trailer is loaded improperly or tongue weight exceeds capacity. A balanced trailer is the most important factor in safe towing, along w religiously following weight ratings for different types of towing, i.e. bumper pull vs. gooseneck, etc. Artificially bolstering the rear suspension while doing nothing to increase the capacity, (or correct the cause), would be a very dangerous band-aid.
A weight distributing hitch is a solution to towing heavy trailers more safely but I’ve never gotten one because I never tow at near my capacity. I’m mainly concerned w the weight on my trailer wrt the trailer itself, nothing else.