[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by garbubba

I'm with the folks here that say they aren't worth the trouble, at least if you are in salt water.. How the heck does a cop know if you have trailer brakes without climbing under your trailer?

For starters he can look at the hitch where it connects to your tow vehicle to see if you have surge type brakes, or he can glance at your dashboard to see if you have electric brakes.

In NJ, where most people trailering from the north part of the state to the shore use either the Turnpike or the Garden State Parkway I can guarentee you that the State Troopers that patrol these roads know exactly what to look for. I have a friend that's a Trooper and he told me that they have special classes that train them in these sorts of things.

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

BUT... the bearings are due for a proactive replacement and I'm thinking of putting on a brake kit. I'm in NJ and as Destroyer said, the law is the law. I don't worry about whether its safe, because it is, I worry about tickets and lawsuits. Still on the fence....anyone wanna talk about how trailer LIGHTS suck?

Skunk, just go to Harbor Freight (There's one on rt 37 in Toms River I believe). Buy one of the Submersible LED trailer light sets they have. (Less than $40, and I've seen them on sale for $26) Make sure it's the rectangular lens submersible set and not just their non-submersible square lens trailer set. They work totally great, nice and bright day or night, they are sealed, you can dunk them with no problems, and the bulbs don't corrode in the sockets like incadescent bulbs do. Then, when you are mounting them, solder each one of your wires together before you wire nut them. (The nut acts as an insulator, not a connector) The lights will last you many years of trouble free trailering. Lights still SUCK, but much less this way.