yep, that “getting stopped “ is more of a concern than staying up with highway speeds. My escape did need rear wheel bearings this past spring, weather it was ftom towing or just that it was near 170K miles I dont know. Im considering a F150/F250 just for towing duties. The escape repair was $1400, dont want to do that again. It did stop the load well, my flatbed doesn’t have brakes. Its since been removed from highway service due to its frame rust issues, good enough for a yard trailer but dont want to take it on the road anymore, even with a light riding mower. I got 2 years out of it and only paid $250 for it, need to get something a little bigger and much better. Only thing I didn’t like was with it being only a 10’ bed was that I could only see it in the side mirrors, backing it was really difficult. I would open the back hatch so I could see the trailer better.