I have an 06 Sabre I tow with a Toyota Tacome 4 x 4 with V6. The truck has just over 100,000 miles on it with an automatic transmission. It does OK and stops fine with the trailer brakes. BassCat is the only boat company that I know of that puts brakes on their 18-foot boat as standard. Its a good thing, since I would have trouble stopping it without the brakes. I take it real easy pulling my boat. It lugs down pretty good pulling up a long slow hill. I only get 15 mpg pulling the boat which is probably what bigger trucks get (or better).