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Originally Posted by JeffDelanoRw
Maybe this has been updated recently but looks like 1500 pounds is the requirement in California for brakes.
Trailer Brakes
In California, brakes are required on any trailer coach or camp trailer having a gross weight of 1500 lbs. or more. Usually the braking capacity on tow vehicles is good; however, it may not be good enough to safely stop the several hundred to several thousand additional pounds that your trailer weighs. Most conventional and fifth-wheel trailers have electric brakes, activated by a controller in the tow vehicle. The controller automatically coordinates the tow vehicle and trailer braking so the two systems work together when the brake pedal is applied.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/handbo...railer-safely/ |
I spoke to CHP in CA
He says that a car being towed is not a “trailer coach or camp trailer”
It’s under the same requirement as a utility trailer which currently is enforced requiring brakes at 3,000# or more.
I tow a 2,200# Chevy Spark
I choose not to use brakes
Uhaul still rents tow dolly’s without brakes
And those tow dolly’s are frequently seen towing vehicles well over 3,000# + the tow dolly weight of abt 700#
Go figure....
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