Query: I get my 4-place snowmobile trailer prepared for a visit. Do I want brakes on all of the axles?
Reply: Brakes are required on all trailers with a gross weight of three,000 kilos or extra. If brakes are required they have to be on all wheels of a trailer manufactured after June 30, 1988. Trailers outfitted with three or extra axles and manufactured previous to July 1, 1988, should not required to have brakes on the entrance axle offered the brakes on all different wheels meet the efficiency requirements prescribed by legislation.
The producers of many new autos outfitted with anti-lock brake techniques require any towed unit be outfitted with electrical brakes and the towing automobile be outfitted with an digital brake controller. Each trailer with a gross weight of greater than 3,000 kilos shall be outfitted with a breakaway brake gadget that may robotically apply and maintain the brakes ought to the trailer by accident turn out to be indifferent from the towing unit.
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