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maicodoug · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 8:05 pm Post subject: Texas trailer brake law

Here in Texas I understand that all trailers over 16 feet will have installed brakes. With a budget of $5k, more than I wanted to spend on a couple of boat / trailer combos, it kills the deal when the included trailer can't pass inspection with any brakes. I'm looking at $500 per pair, not including new wheels, and that's IF the axle was manufactured for brakes with a backing plate. Retro fitting a tandem trailer is going to gobble up more than half the cost of a whole new one, just in parts alone.

Q: has anyone been up against this issue having a trailer w/o brakes (over 16 feet) and failed inspection? And what they had to put in $$ as a DIY project or had to pay someone to have their old trailer have brakes retro-fitted?

Doug
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TheRealLagunatic · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 8:15 pm Post subject:

Take a look at Boat trailer inspection posted by chef lefty 5/13/2015. covers it all.

poorboy · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 9:17 pm Post subject:

I have had a boat all my life and have never heard of a boat trailer inspection?

critter getter · Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 10:48 pm Post subject:

new law i think it over 3500 GW may 4000 not sure but it weight you have to worry about. Just another way to take your money just like having to pay taxes on something that they say there book says is worth 5000.00 but you only paid 2000.00 not sure if any one has ran into this yet but its out there. its all about the money

ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:54 am Post subject:

I like my little 18ft boat and my single axle trailer. No problemos. Very Happy

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Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1113

I put disc brakes on our center console trailer for $350 a couple years back, got tired of the drum brakes constantly freezing up. I'll never buy a trailer without them again.

The work was messy but pretty easy. Did it start to finish along with a bearing job in an afternoon.

maicodoug · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:14 am Post subject:

Will most like;y go the disk route IF I bite.

Thanks all that replied. So sad that many boat deals are going to be much more scrutinized now that the cost of such an upgrade exceeds $1000. I may be passing on the "Shudder's full", a boat that actually won a Marlin turney a couple of years ago. The trailer weight & the boat comes in at 4550, 50lbs over! Can't put a price on safety however. I'll have to "suck it up & move on".

Also thx for the link to chief's thread, that is what I was looking for.

-Doug
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