trailer brakes

hillslider · Oct 21, 2004

Bird,

Hope you enjoy your trip to WV. The trees are about peaked here....north of Charleston. You should have some great scenry to enjoy. If you ever find yourself going north through WV on I77 let me know......I will let you drive the L3130 around the fields. That is of course the best place to be during the fall to look at the colors and the hills of WV.

Rob

ronjhall · Oct 22, 2004

Here is a thread that will lead you to another using Equalizer Hitch . This is the same type of hitch that travel trailers use.

Bird · Oct 22, 2004

Rob, I've been through Charleston a few times, but haven't been north of Charleston in over 30 years. One of my wife's brothers just finished building a new home in Vienna this year. Don't know if or when we'll ever get up there. We might be a little late for the peak foliage, but I've no doubt it'll still look pretty good next week.

Hambone · Oct 22, 2004

no law requiring trailer brakes 

State of Indiana requires trailer brakes on any tandem axle trailer. They don't recognize surge brakes either.

rdln · Oct 22, 2004

no surge brakes really? even on a boat trailer? Given how electicity and water dont mix.

Hambone · Oct 22, 2004

One of my vendors recieved a nice ticket. Maybe commercial, or weight limit thing.

chucko · Oct 22, 2004

( State of Indiana requires trailer brakes on any tandem axle trailer. They don't recognize surge brakes either.
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that is all u-haul and such have so how to they rent trailers up there?

Hambone · Oct 22, 2004

That is a good question Chucko. I never thought of that and you are right. Maybe I was mis-informed. I will do some checking if time, but, I am positive on the brakes on tandem trailer thing.

chucko · Oct 22, 2004

all of these are surge

Bird · Oct 22, 2004

Texas has some very lengthy, complex, and detailed statutes on trailer brakes, but the oversimplified version is that trailer brakes are required on trailers over 4,500 pounds and surge brakes are permitted up to 15,000 pounds. At one time, at least, there was a federal standard (recommendation, not a law) that trailer brakes should be required on any trailer that weighed as much as 40% of the weight of the towing vehicle.