Well Dave...Sorry this happened to you but glad you were not injured. Could have been much worse. I don't think your issue was the lack of braking however. It was the uneven braking and the damage which was caused when stuff came apart. We tow with a Tacoma and went quite a while without brakes on the TM as a wire nut had allowed the electrical line to come apart. I didn't know how it felt with brakes so I didn't know there was a problem until I was crawling around one day and discovered the disconnected wires. The trailer stopped fine without brakes, but obviously better with brakes. A panic stop probably would have been disastrous. Now when I start up I idle down the street and stop with the lever on the brake controller. If it stops, all is well. As an aside, my doctor and mechanic both retired at the same time. What a lousy year that was!!!
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