trailer brake questions.

[08arcticcat]

last year I bought a 2place rainbow flatdeck single axle trailer that had a bad axle. Now from the stock form it came with trailer brakes. this summer we swapped the axle to a princess auto special that was just a plain axle. My question is, is it still approved to be on the road?? Ive been looking at other utility trailers and they dont have brakes and their brand new.

 

[tex78]

Ur now only good for 2000 lbs and not 3500 lbs with brakes. Even tho its the same springs, bearings ect..

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[cdnemsguy]

I can't answer that 100% from a legal point but I rarely have seen any single axle trailer with a low gross vehicle weight (GVWR) require brakes. My vote is no brakes are required, but its not a bad plan to have them.

 

[08arcticcat]

im thinking i will just remove the brake away cable and the battery box and then it wont be so obvious that it has been changed.

 

[cdnemsguy]

im thinking i will just remove the brake away cable and the battery box and then it wont be so obvious that it has been changed.

Makes sense to me. Who would know as there are 1000s of them out there wade with no brakes. Tex is probably right with the weights he states but most sleds today are lighter than that so you may be ok by those numbers.

 

[Firefly]

Ur now only good for 2000 lbs and not 3500 lbs with brakes. Even tho its the same springs, bearings ect..

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Not so Tex. Any trailer tagged with a 3000lb or under GVW is not required to have brakes. Hence the reason why lots of single axle trailers with a 3500lb axle will only be tagged for 3000lbs

 

[tex78]

Look at d.o.t.

His trailer was a 3500 lb axle.

With no trailer brakes its now just a 2000 lb axle. Anything over 2000 lbs single axle needs trailer brakes in b.c.

I know cause I found out the hard way.

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[Firefly]

Look at d.o.t.

His trailer was a 3500 lb axle.

With no trailer brakes its now just a 2000 lb axle. Anything over 2000 lbs single axle needs trailer brakes in b.c.

I know cause I found out the hard way.

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Sorry Tex, I should have been more clear.

In Alberta if your trailer weighs more than 910kg and weighs more than 50% of your tow vehicle you need trailer brakes. If you trailer weighs over 910kgs and is less than 50% of the Towing vehicle than you do not require brakes.

Kinda a crazy system!

In B.C. it looks like any trailer under 1400 kgs and is less than 50% of the licensed vehicle weight does not require brakes. This is as April 20th 2012 so maybe things have changed.

[h=2]Motor Vehicle Act[/h]
[h=2]Motor Vehicle Act Regulations[/h]

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 90/2012, April 20, 2012]​

Division 5 — Brakes

[h=4]Trailer brakes[/h](3) A trailer shall be equipped with brakes at each end of each axle, but brakes are not required
(a) on one axle of a house trailer that is equipped with more than 2 axles,
(b) on any axle of a trailer other than a towing dolly if the licensed vehicle weight of the trailer
(i) is 1 400 kg or less, and
(ii) is less than 50% of the licensed vehicle weight of the vehicle by which it is being towed,
(c) on any axle of a towing dolly towed by a motor vehicle where
(i) the aggregate of the net weight of the towing dolly and the gross vehicle weight of the motor vehicle one axle of which is being carried by the towing dolly does not exceed 1 400 kg, or
(ii) the motor vehicle towing the towing dolly has a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of the aggregate of
(A) the net weight of the towing dolly,
(B) the gross vehicle weight of the motor vehicle one axle of which is being carried by the towing dolly, and
(C) the gross vehicle weight of the motor vehicle towing the towing dolly,
(d) on any axle of a motor vehicle one axle of which is being carried by a towing dolly, and
(e) on any axle of a trailer that consists of a piece of construction machinery towed by a truck where the truck has a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of the aggregate of the gross vehicle weights of the trailer and the truck

 

[Firefly]

United States Canada

Alabama.​	3,000​	Kentucky​	3,000	North Dakota	3,000	Alberta	2,000
Alaska​	5,000	Louisiana​	3,000	Ohio	2,000	British Columbia	3,080
Arizona​	3,000	Maine​	3,000	Oklahoma	3,000	Manitoba	'A'
Arkansas​	3,000	Maryland​	3,000	Oregon	‘A’	New Brunswick	3,000
California​	1,500	Massachusetts​	10,000	Pennsylvania	3,000	Newfoundland	‘A’
Colorado​	3,000	Michigan​	3,000	Rhode Island	4,000	Northwest Territories	'C'
Connecticut​	3,000	Minnesota​	3,000	South Carolina	3,000	Nova Scotia	4,000
Delaware​	4,000	Mississippi​	2,000	South Dakota	3,000	Ontario	3,000
D.C​	3,000	Missouri​	‘B’	Tennessee	3,000	Prince Edward Island	3,300
Florida​	3,000	Montana​	3,000	Texas	4,500	Quebec	2,860
Georgia​	3,000	Nebraska​	3,000	Utah	2,000	Saskatchewan	3,000
Hawaii​	3,000	Nevada​	1,500	Vermont	3,000	Yukon Territory	2,000
Idaho​	1,500	New Hampshire​	3,000	Virginia	3,000
Illinois​	3,000	New Jersey​	3,000	Washington	3,000
Indiana	3,000	New Mexico	3,000	West Virginia	3,000
Iowa​	3,000	New York​	1,000	Wisconsin	3,000
Kansas​	'A'	North Carolina ​	4,000	Wyoming	'A'

I just found a nice graph on the internet for both Canada and the USA

 

[tex78]

Huh. Well there ya go.


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[imdoo'n]

yer not stoppin now are ya tex.


best to just go with the 2000lb and have no trouble.

 

[LBZ]

My buddy has a Snowbear trailer that is rated for 2910lbs. It had a 3500lb axle on it-no brakes.
Sold in Alberta.
If that means anything...........