Trailer Brakes -- At What Size/Weight
At about what size (length) and/or weight do travel trailers usually have brakes?
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downtheroad wrote:
Travel trailers are required to have a, "brake away," system...to stop it if it comes un-connected from the tow vehicle while underway.
To have this system, the trailer needs brakes and a battery to operate these brakes.
Not true everywhere.- Any double axle trailer RV will have brakes on both axles. Most single axles do too which GVWR around 3500 pounds. Popups are where you need to ask if certain models have trailer brakes.
- I've never seen a TT without brakes. Some smaller trailers don't have them, check the laws in your state. If I recall correctly the maximum in any state is 3,000#. Many states require brakes at a lesser weight.
- Travel trailers are required to have a, "brake away," system...to stop it if it comes un-connected from the tow vehicle while underway.
To have this system, the trailer needs brakes and a battery to operate these brakes. - The requirements for most States very. I think you would be hard pressed to find any travel trailer without brakes. I once towed a pop-up through the Rockies without trailer brakes. I had just bought it new. The dealer said I wouldn't need brakes...Boy were they wrong!
B.O.
