• moonshadow@slrpnk.net
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    18 hours ago

    Not unless the towamajigger weighs as much as a large truck! It’s an intensely stupid idea for a bunch of reasons not interesting enough to break down here

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      A camper or boat trailer large enough to need a big truck to pull it will already have is own brakes.

      The biggest reason for a heavy vehicle aside from the pulling ability is that the trailer can overpower the main vehicle when quickly changing lanes due to the whiplash caused by the sometimes 20+ ft distance between the front (steering) wheels of the truck and the hitch. It’s actually why there have been a few experiments with 4-wheel steering for trucks over the years.

      A remote towing vehicle would be able to significantly reduce the distance between the steering and the hitch.