UPDATE:
I spoke with the manager at the dealership today and explained the problem. To my surprise after providing him with State Law references, He told me that they would make things right. At first he tried to have my existing trailer modified with one set of axle brakes. I declined and he agreed to put brakes on both axles. I then told him that the trailer was stamped "max. weight 5000lb" and that the trailer couldn't handle the load if it was just equipped with brakes. He then agreed that a new trailer was in order to make things right and I took my trailer to the trailer shop and turned it in and was told my new trailer with folding ramps, both axle brakes, and a break away would be completed sometime next week (7000lb trailer). So far things look good. The dealer did play the "I didn't know that was the law" card which I find hard to believe considering he is in this business and should (and probably does) know the towing / trailer Laws. Funny thing happened at the trailer shop where they manufacture the trailers.....when I spoke to that manager, he said that my trailer I was turning in was a 7000lb trailer, and that the stamp for 5000lbs means that the tongue of the trailer has a 5000 lb limit. I looked at him like he was on crack and told him that I read that as "gross weight" meaning the entire trailer was restricted to that load limit. He claims I am wrong about that. He also claimed that the axles on my trailer are 3500lb axles. This doesn't make sense to me because that would make the trailer 7000lbs max weight, so why is it stamped 5000??? Anyway....I told him to make me a new one which he is doing. Anybody know what he is talking about here? I sure don't.:fight:
