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Old 07-23-2020, 03:14 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by Harley97 View Post
No not at all. The manufacturer of any TOAD did not manufacture it with the intent for it to be towed. They are manufactured to be motor vehicles and meet that definition. We the modify the motor vehicle to be able to be TOAD.

Read the definitions. They are pretty clear.

Show me any case anywhere in the US that someone was liable for not having trailer brakes on a TOAD.
So you don't think that car engineers designed automatic transmissions with output driven fluid pumps and sufficient lubrication and cooling from those pumps to allow the car to be towed with the drive wheels on the ground? They didn't design and engineer procedures to document in owners manuals that must be followed for the vehicle to be towed with the drive wheels on the ground?

I agree with you that we don't need to buy $1000 tow bars when $75 tow bars work just as well.
I agree with you that not all toads/trailers are heavy enough to need to use braking systems.

I don't agree with you that toads and trailers are different in the sideways interpretation of some States' statutes as to what a trailer is. Because the way they BOTH affect the ability of the towing vehicle to come to a stop is exactly the same if the TOAD and the TRAILER weigh the same.

It doesn't take the documentation of a "case anywhere in the US that someone was liable for not having trailer brakes on a TOAD" for me to understand the laws of physics and common sense.. For stopping ability a toad is a trailer. You can disagree, but don't try to spread that misinformation to others.
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