Brakes on towed vehicle or not?
Just wondering how many of you have supplemental braking on your toad vehicle or not. Our toad weighs about 2700 lbs. towed behind a 30 ft. Class C 450 Ford chassis so I believe brakes are not legally...
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mowermech wrote:You left off this part of the quote:
"The same distance with or without auxiliary brakes."
EXACTLY!!
Generally, about 188 feet. In most of the scenarios used to justify some kind of braking, you have already hit whatever got in front of you before you can begin to stop!
Note that I am not saying that some kind of braking on a towed motor vehicle is not worth while. I am merely saying that many of the scenarios used to justify such braking systems are basically fallacious!
Another one is the use of trailer laws applied to a towed motor vehicle. Here in Montana every TRAILER must have brakes on ALL wheels. A vehicle on a dolly has brakes on two wheels, but four wheels are on the road. If the vehicle on the dolly is actually a TRAILER, the rear wheels on the towed vehicle must have brakes as well as the dolly wheels. I really don't think that would be a good idea!
Maybe there are reasons why most states do not have LAWS requiring brakes on a towed motor vehicle (even though it is a GOOD IDEA)!
Bobbo wrote:
After your foot hits the brakes, the difference can be significant. Legally so.
That is the most important part. The part you quoted only says why your point is immaterial.
