boat trailer requirments

[fishdog]

does anyone know if fenders are a required on boat trailors? my boating regulations booklet dosent say or show in diagram that they are a requirment.

my buddy tells me its the law ,fenders or mud flaps.

my fishing boat is missing a fender and id like to take the other one off to match I also like to be able to stand on tire at times to reach into boat.. maybe its a trailor law instead of a boating law?? hoping someone knows..here in MN.

thanks ,

fishdog

[Bigtom]

yes it is a trailer law that you need fenders.

[Tom7227]

Minnesota Statutes

169.733 WHEEL FLAPS ON TRUCK AND TRAILER.

Subdivision 1.Vehicles generally.

Every truck, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, and rear-end dump truck, excepting rear-end dump farm trucks, must be provided with wheel flaps or other suitable protection above and behind the rearmost wheels of the vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, as far as practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water, or other materials on the windshields of following vehicles. The flaps or protectors must be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting and have a ground clearance of not more than nine inches from the ground when the vehicle is empty.