do you really need a battery?

Old-Biscuit wrote:

BarneyS wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
If towing you should read up on the FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS

Break Away and Emergency Braking

It has always been my belief that those regulations pertain to commercial carriers and not to private individuals towing their own private trailers, although many of the the things in those regulations can also be applied to private towing.

I guess what I am getting at is that I think those are possible suggestions, but not enforceable, for private use.
I would assume that there ARE regulations published for private towing, usually on the State level.
Barney

1st paragraph.....
EVERY motor vehicle towing .......
Link on motor vehicle defines what a motor vehicle is. "Motor vehicle means any vehicle.........

It also defines 'breakaway requirements'
Every trailer required to be equipped with brakes shall have brakes which apply automatically and immediately upon breakaway from the towing vehicle...........The brakes must remain in the applied position for at least 15 minutes.


SO the regulation applies...commercial and NON Commercial

Well, the section is for "Subchapter B. FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS", so again it could be solely commercial, and it isn't the actual government site either. After all the weigh stations post that all trucks must stop, but they are referring to commercial trucks.