Can I tow my TT without a battery?
I have winterized my trailer and stored the battery indoors where it is warm. I have some late season maintenance still to be done at the RV service dept. Do I need to take my battery out of storage a...
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MudChucker wrote:
A point to not regarding that break away, I have heared time and time again that you don't need the breakaway, but if you have it, it must work....
not true !
http://www.rvda.ca/ProvBrakeReqts.asp
Please explain what is "not true"..
From the website you posted many of Canada's Providences REQUIRE trailer brakes at 2,000 lbs or more and some at 3,000 lbs or more.
And if the trailer is equipped with trailer brakes then a WORKING breakaway system is a required item..
The US also pretty much follows the same requirements..
It is pretty much the law if your trailer is equipped with brakes that it must have a fully functional break away system if you want to tow it on PUBLIC ROADS..
The only way I know that you can have a fully functional break away is to have a fully charged battery ON YOUR TRAILER (not sure how surge brakes work for that but there is a provision on those for break away purpose also).
Never tow with a non function break away.. Even my current TT when I bought it I spent a few hrs trouble shooting and repairing the break away system BEFORE I took it out on public roads..
