</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Its not so much the axles as the tires )</font>
Not the case in this state. When I bought my trailer I made sure it had DOT tires; the brakes were worn out, so I thought to fix them by swapping out my axles. I've since been told several times that it is not legal. I'm not sure why, but I suppose it's the same logic which prevents me from replacing the undersized P-rated tires on my pickup with something useful. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I checked out the site mentioned above, but I can buy complete axle sets more suited for my trailer, for less money than it would cost me to convert what I have now. they want 149$ per brake set; then as much again for hubs. That's $1200 plus shipping; before buying 5 wheels and tires. I can almost buy a brand new trailer for that kind of money.
Not the case in this state. When I bought my trailer I made sure it had DOT tires; the brakes were worn out, so I thought to fix them by swapping out my axles. I've since been told several times that it is not legal. I'm not sure why, but I suppose it's the same logic which prevents me from replacing the undersized P-rated tires on my pickup with something useful. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I checked out the site mentioned above, but I can buy complete axle sets more suited for my trailer, for less money than it would cost me to convert what I have now. they want 149$ per brake set; then as much again for hubs. That's $1200 plus shipping; before buying 5 wheels and tires. I can almost buy a brand new trailer for that kind of money.