Wednesday, October 24, 2018

TIPS FOR HAULING Your Horse Trailer: Whether your driving a 2 Horse Bumper Pull or a 5 Horse Living Quarters: When driving on multilane highways change lanes gradually. Put your turn signals on before you change lanes so your intentions are clear to those behind and next to you. Use your rearview mirrors.Keeping forward motion and tension on the hitch can prevent loss of control from trailer sway. If the trailer starts to sway do not apply the brakes to the tow vehicle, but instead apply, in brief spurts, the hand brake on the controller to the trailer. This slows the trailer behind you and keeps the tow vehicle going forward, which should result in straightening out the combination. Do not apply the brakes on the tow vehicle until the trailer is under control.A jackknife caused by a trailer skid must be handled differently. If you have to apply the brakes hard to the tow vehicle, check you rearview mirror to make sure your trailer is not jackknifing out of control. If you see the trailer swinging out of your lane, stop using the brake. Release the brakes to get traction back. Do not use the handbrake because the trailer brakes have locked up to cause the skid. Once the wheels grip the road again, the trailer will start to follow the tow vehicle and straighten out.Use a lower gear to travel up or down steep hills. If you feel the trailer pushing the vehicle when you are going downhill, apply the hand brake to slow the trailer. On long uphill grades, downshift the transmission and slow to 45 mph or less to reduce the possibility of overheating.

Posted at 01:45 PM