From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 2/9/2026 5:20 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:10mbomj$2h1p8$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 2/8/2026 10:06 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   >>    Put brakes on anything that excedes 50% of the tow vehicle's weight   
   >>   
   >   
   >    That may be a good rule of thumb for a highway application . But I'm   
   > talking about dragging a load of firewood a few hundred yards down a   
   > dirt road to my driveway and the splitter next to it .  Top speed MIGHT   
   > be around 10 MPH ...   
      
   Been there done that.  In order to save money in college I rented a   
   vacant lot with trailer hookups.  Then I hauled in an old trailer.  It   
   was right at that dividing line between travel trailer and mobile home.   
   Really a small mobile home.  Hooked up to the receiver hitch on my 76   
   F150 it was pretty sketchy.  I towed it at 35 mph for 70 miles ont he   
   freeway.  At a little over 36 mph it couldn't be steered.  You could   
   make suggestions, but steering wasn't really an option.   
      
   Just so you know a stabilizer hitch would have cured the problem, but I   
   didn't have one.  I had to scrounge and borrow a draw bar with a 2-5/16   
   ball to tow it at all.  I have used stabilizer hitches a few times   
   since, but none of my current trailers are tongue heavy enough to need   
   one on my 3/4 ton trucks.  On a 1/2 ton, sure, but not on a modern 3/4.   
      
      
      
      
      
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