Towing without a car braking system??

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I don't want to get in to a pissing contest but the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations all pertain to commercial vehicles, as the definitions all indicate. No where do I see a private class A motor home mentioned. From their website:
Our Strategy

In carrying out its safety mandate to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses, FMCSA:

Develops and enforces data-driven regulations that balance motor carrier (truck and bus companies) safety with efficiency;
Harnesses safety information systems to focus on higher risk carriers in enforcing the safety regulations;
Targets educational messages to carriers, commercial drivers, and the public; and
Partners with stakeholders including Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies, the motor carrier industry, safety groups, and organized labor on efforts to reduce bus and truck-related crashes.

Forget I said anything about commercial vehicles as it doesn't matter anyway. Whether you are commercial or private you have to comply with the braking performance charts in the Florida statute. I can't find where Florida law defined "Drive away- Tow Away Operation" so I gave you the Federal definition. I'm sure that's what Florida uses, but it doesn't matter. Whether you are a commercial tow truck towing broken down cars or a motorhome with a toad, you still are required to be able to comply with the performance chart. If you can't, then you have to use aux brakes per the law.