Supplemental Brakes Confession Time
Hello. Long time member and have been driving my American Coach Revolution 42T for over 2 years now and LOVE it. I just upgraded my 2007 Ford Escape (towed it with a two wheel tow dolly) to a ...
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PastorCharlie wrote:
http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/tag/trailer-brakes/
North Carolina
Every semitrailer, trailer, or separate vehicle attached by a drawbar or coupling to a towing vehicle of at least 4,000 lbs., and every house trailer weighing at least 1,000 lbs., shall be equipped with brakes controlled or operated by the driver of the towing vehicle.
North Carolina seems to clarify that whatever you call it, if you are dragging it behind your motorhome, it needs brakes.
and when I towed a toad, I was not concerned about the $500 fine or whatever for not having a braking/breakaway system, I was worried about the $5,000,000 civil suit for negligence awarded by some jury.
bumpy
