Any one here have any idea what the requirement is for a trailer safety inspection? What does the trailer have to have? It carries all of about..oh 200 lbs...
Trailer Safety Inspection
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DiveWestOahu
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registration, working lights (brake, lights & turn signals) and towed there with an insured car
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My only experience with trailer inspections has been 2nd hand via a friend that trailers a 28' Corsair Trimaran.
Because of the size and weight of his 28' boat, his trailer had a hydraulic braking system where a forward surge of the trailer against the hitch ball would activate a master cylinder, which in turn caused brake cylinders in each wheel to apply the brakes.
We "fixed" the system by removing both the master and slave hydraulic cylinders, as well as removing the brake pads and any other associated hardware.
For the last 3 years, the little detail of no brakes on a heavily loaded trailer hasn't kept him from that getting a pass on the trailer safety inspection. Even when he show up with the large boat on the trailer.
It doesn't seem like they check very much. I'd just make sure that your tires aren't bald, that your stoplight/turn signal hookup works, and that you have safety chains.
Because of the size and weight of his 28' boat, his trailer had a hydraulic braking system where a forward surge of the trailer against the hitch ball would activate a master cylinder, which in turn caused brake cylinders in each wheel to apply the brakes.
We "fixed" the system by removing both the master and slave hydraulic cylinders, as well as removing the brake pads and any other associated hardware.
For the last 3 years, the little detail of no brakes on a heavily loaded trailer hasn't kept him from that getting a pass on the trailer safety inspection. Even when he show up with the large boat on the trailer.
It doesn't seem like they check very much. I'd just make sure that your tires aren't bald, that your stoplight/turn signal hookup works, and that you have safety chains.
Lights are easy - You just get one of those $40trailer kits that hangs off the boat itself (I think my last one was only $20 ...quite a few years ago though) - Registration, if it's not current/clear, now that's the tricky part around here.
Aloha, Tim
Aloha, Tim
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well that was retarded...the dude didn't even have me turn on the lights...walked around the trailer and gave me my pass...what a joke.
Good thing I spend time and money fixing the lights that no one will be able to see anyways with the boat on the trailer....
Good thing I spend time and money fixing the lights that no one will be able to see anyways with the boat on the trailer....
LOL - so are they on poles, or submersible lights?
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no, they are the kind that will rust after I put the stupid trailer in...just in time for next year's "SAFETY" inspection....
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