Montauk Total Weight on Trailer
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:20 pm
Here in the United Kingdom, trailer loads under 750-kg (1,600-lbs) can be towed on a trailer without brakes, and above this laws require the trailer to be braked.
I have a 1979 Montauk with a Tohatsu 90-HP two-stroke-power-cycle outboard. Looking up the factory specifications, the Montauk was 950-lbs and around 300-lbs for the motor--which puts me below the limit needing a braked trailer.
In reality, and assuming some water ingress, a battery, a bit of fuel onboard, etc., would [the total weight] be over this [1,600-lbs] limit by much? Technically the police could force me to a weigh station, however, in realty, I have never heard of it happening to anyone.
To put into context: I can afford to buy a brand new unbraked trailer as they are typically MUCH cheaper than a five-year-old used braked trailer--most of which have the brakes removed anyway as the drums and salt water don't mix and most seize anyway!. In my mind the new trailer is the safer option.
It also much easier for me to store an unbraked trailer as they tend to be slightly narrower and about three-feet shorter due to even the smallest braked trailers being designed to haul boats of 20-feet or longer.
I have a 1979 Montauk with a Tohatsu 90-HP two-stroke-power-cycle outboard. Looking up the factory specifications, the Montauk was 950-lbs and around 300-lbs for the motor--which puts me below the limit needing a braked trailer.
In reality, and assuming some water ingress, a battery, a bit of fuel onboard, etc., would [the total weight] be over this [1,600-lbs] limit by much? Technically the police could force me to a weigh station, however, in realty, I have never heard of it happening to anyone.
To put into context: I can afford to buy a brand new unbraked trailer as they are typically MUCH cheaper than a five-year-old used braked trailer--most of which have the brakes removed anyway as the drums and salt water don't mix and most seize anyway!. In my mind the new trailer is the safer option.
It also much easier for me to store an unbraked trailer as they tend to be slightly narrower and about three-feet shorter due to even the smallest braked trailers being designed to haul boats of 20-feet or longer.