I have a friend who has an old vintage camping trailer. It's on the small side, probably 15 feet or so. Any way, he rebuilt it and when it came time to do the brakes he simply disconnected them by removing the surge brake hydraulic tongue and bolted on a fixed unit. So now his trailer has no brakes. I was concerned so I look up the weight of his trailer and it's only 1800 lbs. I thought if a trailer was under 3,000 lbs it did not need brakes.
Is this guy OK to go without brakes even though it came with them?
Is this guy OK to go without brakes even though it came with them?