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If You Do Decide To Pull A Trailer

If you do, here are some important points:

• There are many different laws, including speed limit

restrictions, having to do with trailering. Make sure

your rig will be legal, not only where you live

but also where you’ll be driving. A good source for

this information can be state or provincial police.

• Consider using a sway control. You can ask a hitch

dealer about sway controls.

• Don’t tow a trailer at all during the ﬁrst 1,000 miles

(1 600 km) your new vehicle is driven. Your

engine, axle or other parts could be damaged.

• Then, during the ﬁrst 500 miles (800 km) that you

tow a trailer, don’t drive over 50 mph (80 km/h)

and don’t make starts at full throttle. This helps your

engine and other parts of your vehicle wear in at

the heavier loads.

• Obey speed limit restrictions when towing a trailer.

Don’t drive faster than the maximum posted speed

for trailers, or no more than 55 mph (90 km/h),

to save wear on your vehicle’s parts.

Three important considerations have to do with weight:

• the weight of the trailer,

• the weight of the trailer tongue

• and the total weight on your vehicle’s tires.

Weight of the Trailer

How heavy can a trailer safely be?

It should never weigh more than 1,000 lbs (450 kg).

But even that can be too heavy.

It depends on how you plan to use your rig. For example,

speed, altitude, road grades, outside temperature and

how much your vehicle is used to pull a trailer are all

important. It can also depend on any special equipment

that you have on your vehicle, and the amount of tongue

weight the vehicle can carry. See “Weight of the Trailer

Tongue” later in this section for more information.

Maximum trailer weight is calculated assuming only the

driver is in the tow vehicle and it has all the required

trailering equipment. The weight of additional optional

equipment, passengers and cargo in the tow vehicle

must be subtracted from the maximum trailer weight.

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