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  1. 06-04-2013, 11:04 AM #571
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    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.
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    Having multiple trailers come completely off the truck doesn't speak well for one's intelligence or attention to detail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpe View Post
    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?
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    I just watched a spider dominate a fly on the wall outside, i thought would would travis do? and i did the opposite, spider lives!
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  4. 06-04-2013, 12:44 PM #574
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    You've seen alot though right? Happens all the time right?
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    Let's just be happy that he no longer spells it 'trailor'
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpe View Post
    F*ck off cj.
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    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.
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    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.
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  10. 06-04-2013, 03:35 PM #580
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
    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!
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    Were both times hooked up by the same dumbass?
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    its not that big of a deal to lose a trailer, all you need is a tractor AND a chain!

    My dad has gotten **** for not having his breakaway hooked up on one of our goosenecks from a hi po.
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    You think you would have learned the first time. Should have put some rope on there the second time to hold it down.
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    Creighton, you have done stuff with that jeep that would make a goat go "holy ****!"
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  14. 06-04-2013, 10:20 PM #584
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    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.
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  15. 01-07-2014, 02:43 PM #585
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    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.
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