Posted by paul on July 13, 2011 at 05:25:51 from (76.77.199.109):
In Reply to: surge brakes??? posted by dave2 on July 13, 2011 at 05:06:17:
Here in the USA, they do not like surge brakes. Allowed on rental trailers and such, but electric or better are much encouraged. So you don't see them much.
Trailers under 3000# don't need brakes.
Most of the USA has different rules for farm equipment, left over from the 1940s & 50s. Each state might have slightly different rules, but here in the midwest anyhow if you are driving under 30mph or have a large vehicle in front of the trailer and seem to be in control you are generally left alone. But this can be different state to state. I see 350-400 bu gravity wagons (25,000 lbs or so...) behind pickups without any brakes or legal issues.
Of late the national DOT is looking to make this more uniform, more equally applied, and more tax revenue for themselves. There are currently extra rules for licenced vehicles over 26,000# in my state but combine, gravity wagon, anything that doesn't go over 30 mph can totally ignore. The national DOT is considering strong rules for anything over 10,000# including the off-road vehicles.
This will greatly increase food costs, and clamp down on the small farms, even horse & truck farms like the sweet corn patches. But folks don't realize that yet, and won't until it's too late....
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