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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 6616" data-attributes="member: 307">That weight is really going to vary with your particular trailer (and truck) and how much weight you haul on a given trip. If your trailer is a bumper pull, you will likely find that there is plenty of brake power to the rear wheels, of the truck. These where designed with  the idea of pulling 5th wheel trailers set up with 35 to 40 % tongue weight. Getting electric trailer brakes balanced with truck brakes can be a pita, in my experience.I keep mine set quite low and manually override them when I need to brake hard. However we have realtively light traffic congestion and panic stops seldom arise. You may feel differently.Personally I hate flat spotting tires, but someday I may wish I'd sacaficed them for a shorter stopping distance.Unless you tow enough to get to know where to set your brake controler for each given trailer load, you may have to live with the wheels locking up at times.Also remember that most factory reciever hitches are not heavy enough to take advantage of your duallys rear suspention capacity.Ken</blockquote>