If a person is pulling a TD with a small vehicle it would be a very wise decision to put brakes on thier TD especially if you live or travel in mountianess areas not only to save the brakes on your tow vehicle it may save your lives or someone elses life, & I also know that the people that are saying you do not need brakes on such a small trailer definatly would not want you to be right behind them if they had to hit there brakes real hard because you would end up in there trunk.
Another way of looking at it is, If you skipped and ran a red light and that semi that is coming right at you, What if he had no brakes on his trailers you would be kissing your little pa-tute goodby.
700 to 1000lbs behind a little car and you have to stop quickly with no brakes on the trailer to help you slow down you will not stop like you would without the trailer I garentee you you would slide or worse.
And a little gravel or sand even makes it worse.
I would suggest to anyone who is pulling there TD with a small tow vehicle to go out on a back road or a big parking lot and lock up your brakes to get a good feel of what could possibly happen if you had to stop suddenly,& remember out on the hiway you would be traveling a lot faster, But please be carefull .(Better make sure everything in your TD is secure.)
This also a good way to get a feel of your car & trailer.
I tought my daughter how to drive in the snow in a big parking lot.
I pull my TD with a small car (HHR) it pulls it great and I do take a little more caution when pulling it since I do not have brakes on this TD & I have had a couple of close calls of not being able to stop real quick,So when ever I am pulling a trailer with my HHR I keep a lot closer eye on what is going on around me.
I am building 2 more one with brakes & 1 w/o.
The law in a lot of states requires brakes if your trailer weighs 1500lbs or more, so if you are pulled over and your combined weight of trailer & its contents are over 1500lbs you could get a ticket luckely for most of us they do not inforce this law to often, unless you have an accident.
So be carefull and have fun
The Sin City Teardropper.
Ken F.
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