Folks can pull their rigs at any speed they desire, UNTIL some nut job towing one car behind another with a ROPE, finds the rope broke and the car in back no longer has any forward momentum. Then when the genius doing 80 with his 40ft 5th wheel, behind a 3/4 ton truck realizes that car in front of him is almost stopped on the freeway, and Mr RV slams on the brakes only to find HIS brake connection isn't as strong as he though it was, and he cannot stop that nice 15,000lb 40 ft toy hauler.
I just hope I am well in front of the whole mess when it happens cause those near by are in danger and those behind will be stopped for hours waiting on their tax dollars to clean up the mess of crunched metal and bloody bodies. Then the real fun will begin for Mr speedy RV when he finds out lots of people testify to the nice fellow in the wide brimmed hat wearing a badge, that yes, Me RV blew by them when they were doing 75 in a 75 zone.
Yea the lawyers will have fun with that one and so will the local DA's.
Crap happens often enough when we drive sanely and do our best to insure nothing is hooked up wrong and in good working order. It ALMOST makes one appreciate the 55 mph towing limit some states have, almost.
With new 3/4-1ton trucks costing close to $70K these days, I wonder what they will be in 2 more years? And who can afford them. I know I never will be able to. It was a big stretch for me to buy my 06, I just got. For those that can, I am seriously glad for you, not jealous at all really, but that is a LOT of cash.
Seems to me that when these trucks tow ratings get above 25K or so that maybe they ought to be looking at air brakes?
How do the elec over hyd work? I read one poster said his stopped in half the distance, that would likely be a next step to me, for super heavy rigs.
