Surge breaks on a dolly

JRscooby wrote:

rjstractor wrote:
Class A motorhomes come in a vast range of weights and braking abilities. A small 12000 lb motorhome towing 4000 lbs of unbraked load will take a lot longer to stop. On a 50000 lb tandem axle motorhome, the weight difference and the stopping distance difference will be much less. It's never a bad idea to have brakes on the towed load, but it becomes a much better idea as the weight differential increases.

Brakes on any vehicle are designed to stop the GVWR, with a margin for safety. If the 50,000 lb MH in your example has a GVWR of 52,000 lbs, and you hang a 4,000 lbs un-braked on the back you are 2000 lbs into that safety margin. You would not want your kid in front of that rig. Why would you want to put somebodies else's kids there?

I am curious if there are any folks who will play the weight rating game, GVWR, etc. to avoid spending a few bucks on dolly brakes a true safety factor, and then in another thread spend funds to change clearance lights to LEDs which affect nothing, and stop lights which will cut a few seconds off of light activation time.
bumpy