Man to be honest I haven't tried anything yet, but my front pads and discs are pretty worn and probably only have a couple thousand km left in them so thought I'd start looking at my options to upgrade since I've heard front brakes are pretty rubbish with some weight behind you, and I plan to do a lot of towing next year so want something good.
You should be ok, whatever you tow should be fitted with a good set of trailer brakes and a decent controller. The brakes on my old van 1.7t could pull itself and the tug up using the manual override, or you could set it to be unnoticeable during normal braking.