The trouble is someone can drive a Prius and jump into a motorhome thinking it's like driveing a car. I spent time learning to drive a PU, then pull a 14' trailer and finally a 20 foot box truck. With air brakes.
I took my time learning and I do not drive much over 55. At the most it is 60 on very open roads. About twice a year we pull our 84 Jetta. When I am doing that the max is 55 and I am very carefull
I check my brakes before trips, during and have a shop do a safety inspection once a year. Yes I am paranoid.
My truck is a total of 30' before we add the car. Add car and we are talking about over 40 feet. I do have a class A but have never taken a test on pulling. I think if people start off slow, work their way up in size and take care learning they would be a lot safer.
For Gods sake don't take a 40 footer pulling a car and do 70 or over thinking you can stop like a sports car.
Just my 1/2 cents worth.
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