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[VAC] Re: winter towing



Dick,
 If you lock up wheels, they skid uncontrollably. A kinda neat
experiment is to find a snow or ice-covered parking lot, get your
vehicle going about 25 MPH or so and apply the parking brake hard.
You'll go 'round and 'round, totally out of control.

You may or may not want the trailer brakes to 'lead' the tow vehicle
slightly, but you sure don't want the brakes to lock up.

                                 <<Jim>>