I'd rather have a trailer run away then flip my truck with the chains holding it to my frame
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I'd rather have a trailer run away then flip my truck with the chains holding it to my frame
Generally they will pass the vehicle they broke from. It's ridiculous how little the frame hitting the ground slows it down.Quote:
Originally Posted by JB
Ryan- I agree if I was the only one on the road I wouldn't want to run chains. But I think there are way more situation where slowing the trailer faster would lead to a better outcome.
I would not want to be responsible for a run away trailer killing someone.
liability would be ridiculous if a lawyer could prove you intentionally didn't connect the chains...Quote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
I am not talking about not hooking up chains
I am just saying that I think a breakaway system is just a little silly and don't it is a reliable or effective way to stop a situation that would take several different factors to happen.
I doubt any trailer with a breakaway system, over a few years old, actually has a working battery.
I wouldn't think it is needed in anything other than a bumper pull. And my battery was bad the whole time I owned mine.
Mine works, actually the brakes don't work without the battery. Do your brakes work?
Yes I have the brakes wired up directly now
Pretty sure its needed on any trailer over 14ft or 4500 lbs. And they need to be inspected. I know its more stringent on commercial stuff.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/vi/...nCriteria.aspx
Mine worked. The reason I say the battery was bad is because I pulled the pin to test it on a steep driveway and it still rolled and fell off the block. All of my trailers at work either have no brakes or surge brakes. The ones with surge brakes have a lever that gets pulled and is supposed to lock them up. I have never tested it though. And the thing about 14ft or 4500 lb can't be right. How many 16' 7000 lb trailers do you see running around town without any brakes. It is a lot. I have a 20' 12K with none.
None as in the don't work? Or there are no brakes on the axle?
SUBCHAPTER I. PROVISIONS RELATING TO BRAKE REQUIREMENTS ON VEHICLES
Sec. 547.401. BRAKES REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or combination of those vehicles shall be equipped with brakes that comply with this chapter.
(b) A trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is not required to have brakes if:
(1) its gross weight is 4,500 pounds or less; or
(2) its gross weight is heavier than 4,500 pounds but not heavier than 15,000 pounds, and it is drawn at a speed of not more than 30 miles per hour.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.u...htm/TN.547.htm
Commercially my brakes were checked twice during safety stops by troopers. Never had a problem towing non-commercial.
Having multiple trailers come completely off the truck doesn't speak well for one's intelligence or attention to detail.
Who here has lost a trailer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpe
You've seen alot though right? Happens all the time right?
Let's just be happy that he no longer spells it 'trailor'
Have you never seen a trailer disconnected from a truck on the side of the road? I've been riding one time and a trailer leave.
Anyhow if you really think a trailer slowing itself, or stopping, with a break away system could be anything but helpful in 99% of the trailer disconnecting instances you should question your intelligence. Now since everybody is getting butt hurt over this, not all of my trailers have brakes and I believe they are perfectly safe, but removing a break away system from a trailer is silly.
They just didn't put any on this trailer. I plan on adding them as I like to use this trailer and it really needs them.
In the last 15 years we have had 2 times when we lost trailers. Both were using a 2" ball with a 2 5/16 required. Both were the same trailer. Neither one got away. First one trashed the bumper, second trashed the tailgate.
Why the f' would you even admit this, you know we are going to bust your balls for such a dip **** move, and you did it twice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
Were both times hooked up by the same dumbass?
its not that big of a deal to lose a trailer, all you need is a tractor AND a chain! :flipoff2:
My dad has gotten **** for not having his breakaway hooked up on one of our goosenecks from a hi po.
You think you would have learned the first time. Should have put some rope on there the second time to hold it down.
I didn't do it either time. First time was one of our guys bringing it back from California when we closed the plant there. The second time was a few weeks ago when my step dad let a dumb kid hook it to his truck.
I'm exploring trailer options right now and was wondering if anyone had priced out material for building a 16-18' bumper pull lately? I was wondering if it is cost effective to build vs buy.
I've started looking around for used trailers, but haven't came across any good deals. I'm looking for 16-18' wood deck car hauler. Preferably 5200# axles.
Ive heard lately it doesnt save you too much money to buy used vs new. And building a trailer isnt super cost effective. The benefit is that you get to build it 100% to your preferences.
I'll sell you mine, It's in Conroe right now.
Building isn't cost effective unless you can get big price cuts on steel.
how much for yours?Quote:
Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV
$1250 firm
Has a spare and 2 new tires
Out of Curiosity, why are you selling?Quote:
Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV
The bronco is too big for it, I need something wider. I'm gonna get a gooseneck when I can.
Its a great trailer. Evan has pulled his rzr all over the Midwest on it.
Used trailer prices are dumb. With that said, I'd sell my 24' gooseneck for $3500
Exactly what Sam said. You can't build one for what you can buy one for and used trailers are way over priced.
That being said, I can have one built for you for only the cost of materials.
Are LED lights worth an extra $200 on a trailer?
I loan my trailer out a lot, so my trailer gets banged more than Sam at a gay bar. To me being able to replace any light on it for like $3 negates the cost of LED's. That being said Frick has some Harbor Freight LED tail lights that are held together by shipping tape, while not all of the LED's work, most still do.
It use to be if one led ( as in not the whole light but a single led) was out the whole light was considered out and you could be ticketed. Did they ever change that?
That is the case one commercial trucks. I don't think it is the case for class C driversQuote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
I personally think they are worth it. For safety its $200 well spent. When LED trailer lights are on they are bright! many times with older conventional trailer lights you have to ask yourself if they are even on. Aesthetically, LED's look much better as well.
It's also nice to have a bunch of amber lights down the side so you can see where your trailer is at night.