[Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list digest, Vol 1 #77 trailer brakes

[Rick Redmond]

 Ed,

There is actually a regulation under the DOT rules that surge brakes are
illegal.  Not being a lawyer, I would have assumed that in the section this
rule is located, it would apply to commercial semi trailers.  Now the good
governor of MD has outlawed them for recreational trailers and I guess that
mean all those large u-haul style trailers are included too.

Rick
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> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 22:17:02 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: [rhodes-list] Trailer Brakes Question
> From: Richard F Sheehan <dickshee@juno.com>
> Reply-To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>
> Ed;
>
> There is no reason, it is just policy.
>
> dick
> On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 00:21:16 -0400 "Michael Meltzer"
> <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com> writes:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
> > To: <rhodes-list@sailnet.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [rhodes-list] Trailer Brakes Question
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Rick, Dennis,
> > >                         What is the reason for making surge brakes
> > on
> > > trailers illegal?  Does that include all brakes on trailers?  What
> > about
> > > those state that require brakes on trailers carry specified
> > weights?
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed K