[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

you are just as illegal in fl with no brakes as one set on a tandem axle.

Phat, obviously, do whatever the laws in your state require. I wasn't talking from a legal sense. More like what is the safe thing to do. I have a 98' Jeep Cherokee. I was towing my 21' Cruisers Inc. home a few years back.. Going down a hill, 35mph speed limit. Light at the bottom of the hill turned yellow about 40 feet from the stop line. Instead of trying to beat the light I hit the brakes.. With my Jeeps brakes locked up the weight of the boat and trailer pushed me halfway into the intersection before I stopped completely. Fortunately it was early AM morning and no cars were coming from the side directions... but I've never forgotten the fact that no matter how safe you "think" your vehicle is and how well you "think" it will stop you, there are ALWAYS situations when it will not stop you and you can get into an accident in the blink of an eye.

Look at it another way... how would you, or anyone here for that matter, feel if you were out driving and a vehicle trailering a boat hit your car broadside and killed one of your kids..... and then you found out that the trailer had no brakes, because the driver felt that they were a pain and "unnecessary"???..... Exactly......

Originally Posted by Monkey Butler

If you do go with a single axle install then I have to disagree with you about putting them on the front axle. While it seems like common sense that the front axle would be the best location from an engineering standpoint that is not true. The brakes will be more effective on the rear axle and here is why. etc, etc

Monkey, that's good info. I'll shift my brakes to my rear axle over the winter. Thanks!!!