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Guess the weight of the trailer....
TimC - 14/9/09 at 03:40 PM

Afternoon all.

I'm trying to work out if I can legally borrow the out-laws Camper van to tow my Racer to Snett this weekend (on a poxy post January 1997 license.)

The link below shows a trailer very similar to mine. What do people think it would weigh?

Almost as beautiful as mine!

Ta

Jon Ison - 14/9/09 at 03:44 PM

Thats light, a guess would be well sub 400ks

Davey D - 14/9/09 at 03:45 PM

Are you towing a 7 esque car?
If you know how much the camper van weighs? guessing about 1.5ton?, and if it is rated to tow around 1.5ton you should be fine.

i borrow my dads merc vito van to pull my vortX on a car trailer, and ive got a post 1997 license

Edit to say: the trailer i pull is a lot heavier duty than that, and is a twin axle

[Edited on 14/9/09 by Davey D]

TimC - 14/9/09 at 03:51 PM

I'm waiting to hear what the camper van weighs. The Locost weighs 525kg.

adithorp - 14/9/09 at 04:23 PM

My BrainJames single axle trailer is about the same as that and weighs 250kg's unladen with a Max gross of 750kg.

adrian

matt_claydon - 14/9/09 at 04:49 PM

It's irrelevant what the trailer weighs, whether you can tow it or not with your licence depends on it's plated gross weight, not what you happen to have it loaded to at the time.

JoelP - 14/9/09 at 05:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
It's irrelevant what the trailer weighs, whether you can tow it or not with your licence depends on it's plated gross weight, not what you happen to have it loaded to at the time.


re-plate it with a suitable figure?

hillbillyracer - 14/9/09 at 06:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
It's irrelevant what the trailer weighs, whether you can tow it or not with your licence depends on it's plated gross weight, not what you happen to have it loaded to at the time.


Silly really is'nt it? As I understand it you can be done for over loading even with an empty trailer if it's plated gross weight is more than the tow vehicle is plated for!

prawnabie - 14/9/09 at 06:46 PM

Thats like the old bill saying, you are doing 30, but you COULD do 100, therefore you're busted!

prawnabie - 14/9/09 at 06:46 PM

Thats like the old bill saying, you are doing 30, but you COULD do 100, therefore you're busted!

snapper - 14/9/09 at 07:32 PM

Some will remember my post SVA problems with a serious jobs worth at VOSA who questioned the train weight of our single wheel Transit and plant trailer
The trailer was well up to the weight carried so no issues there but the transit had a total train weight alowance 5% less than the total weight of Transit, trailer and car, result was a very slow journey home with a prohibition order on me as the operator and my cousin as my employed driver.
Paper work followed and VOSA were going to take me to court

TimC - 15/9/09 at 07:36 AM

I'm not sure I want the answer, but how should a home built trailer be plated?