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Tractorman

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Trrans cooler is already in the grill my radiator is an issue since its full of clay from mudding in tx either need to drop it and clean it or replace it the later will probably happen a dual row just sounds nicer.

Which brake controller did you go with and does uhual have car hualers that are setup like what you used to hual your car?
Uhaul trailers have hydrulic brakes that are activated by the tongue of the trailer compressing when the truck brakes are applied. And they suck.

My braker controller is junk compared to what I wanted. I would go with a Prodigy brake controller, which I would say is super popular, or run the Max Brake, which is $$ but sounds like it would work perfectly.
 


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is there any other companies i can rent an enclosed for a one way trip that wont suck like the uhual
 

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Just an FYI, A Caviler will not fit in a Uhaul Enclosed trailer........... As for the trans cooler, My factory cooler is a rapid cool or fined cooler like the radiator and is 10x more effecient then the loop tube coolers at cooling. Just clean it out wit a power washer.
 

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i have never been one for towing a trailer that weighed more than my tow vehicle. guess i've seen too many "tails wagging the dog" that gives me that real bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. but that's just me.
 

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Just an FYI, A Caviler will not fit in a Uhaul Enclosed trailer........... As for the trans cooler, My factory cooler is a rapid cool or fined cooler like the radiator and is 10x more effecient then the loop tube coolers at cooling. Just clean it out wit a power washer.
spent a while trying to clean out the radiator i cant get inbetween the condensor/lower radiator.
 

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The brakes that U-Hauls have are called surge brakes. They seem to work fine to me. Since the driver can't manually apply them from the tow vehicle, I don't they are strictly legal. But they are very powerful and reliable.
 

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The brakes that U-Hauls have are called surge brakes. They seem to work fine to me. Since the driver can't manually apply them from the tow vehicle, I don't they are strictly legal. But they are very powerful and reliable.
That is what they are call thanks
 

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