Ha! I laugh in the face of your auxiliary brake limits!
In all seriousness. I am 100% in favor of a person being responsible for knowing the laws and being held accountable for following them, but I am sure that boats and trailers are sold left and right in Idaho over 1,500lbs and no one ever mentions this to the buyers.
I had a rather scary lesson on he importance of properly functioning brakes in a panic stop situation once. My trailer's surge brakes were completely non-functional. Thankfully the truck had a manual tranny with a granny gear and I was able to down shift fast enough to slow it down.
skipnchar wrote: Your chart is not accurate. It states that brakes are always needed in Kansas and being a resident I know this in not true. The limit is 2,000 lb.
I dont think the chart belongs to the OP, it looks like AAA ( American Automobile Association)
Since I have defective color perception (partially color blind), and the map is color coded, it is meaningless to me.
Not that it matters, it probably isn't accurate, anyway. Most of those things refer to TRAILER towing laws, and if you look at the State definitions, self-propelled vehicles are NOT trailers, by legal definition.
Yes, I know, 3000 pounds is 3000 pounds, it doesn't matter if it is a trailer or a vehicle. Yes, I know, morally, logicly, ethicly, and just plain common sense says we SHOULD have aux brakes on the towed vehicles.
HOWEVER, this discussion is about the LAW, nothing else.
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'94 Dodge 3500 4X2 CTD, Std. cab, LB, 5 speed, 4.10 LS diff., Jacobs Rambrake, 273,000 Miles
'99 Monaco McKenzie 32' triple slide
'95 Tioga 29H Ford-based Class C
Daily driver: '06 Jeep Liberty CRD
Towed: '06 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited
This chart is a little confusing. It states that if your trailer weight exceeds a specific states weight limit that an auxilary braking device is required.
What do they mean by Auxilary?
Are they referring to break-away devices as apposed to Surge brakes or controlled braking devices which act with the application of the vehicles brake peddle?
I live in California and I have seen many trailers that exceed 1000 lb's with no braking devices of any kind.
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8+ Tons of Dually, TC and trailered toys comin at ya in Alaska! 
