I am sorry folks...I was cleaning up a double post and inadvertantly deleted this entire thread. ....my VERY bad...so instead of throwing rocks at em...can't we just start over...please...........
madjack(very embarassed)
caseydog wrote:Here in Texas, most cops expect your trailer to have lights. The picky ones want the lights to work.
eamarquardt wrote:By installing a battery on the trailer (required for the electric break away anyway) and creating a setup that allows the installation of the electric controller on the trailer or the vehicle, one could have electric self contained brakes on the trailer. For short trips no charging of the battery would be required. For anyone borrowing the trailer for longer trips a 12 volt feed line could be rigged quickly. Thus, full compliance with the law, and 2 separate and redundant systems.
Frog wrote:I also live in California and purchased a new heavy duty 6 X 10 utility trailer in 2004 in California. This trailer weighs over 900 lbs empty and has a single 3,500 lb axle and a GVW of 2,995 lbs. IT DOES NOT HAVE BRAKES and I did not have any problem getting it registered.
Frog wrote:Also U-HAUL trailers in California that weigh less than 1,500 lbs empty do not have brakes either. Their GVW is well over 1,500 lbs. Heavier U-HAULs come with surge brakes.
Frog wrote:I believe that the GVW rating is under 3,000 on my trailer even tough it could handle over 3,000 lbs in cargo because this or other states may require brakes, regardless of the empty weight at 3,000 or more.
Frog wrote:I believe the vehicle code stating a 1,500 lb gross weight is referring to the unladen (read empty) weight of the trailer and not the GVWR. I am well aware of the difference, but I believe the state isn't...
26303. Every trailer coach and every camp trailer having a gross
weight of 1,500 pounds or more, but exclusive of passengers, shall be
equipped with brakes on at least two wheels which are adequate,
supplemental to the brakes on the towing vehicle, to enable the
combination of vehicles to comply with the stopping distance
requirements of Section 26454.
350. (a) "Gross vehicle weight rating" (GVWR) means the weight
specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single
vehicle.
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