TimC
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 03:40 PM |
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Guess the weight of the trailer....
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
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 03:44 PM |
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Thats light, a guess would be well sub 400ks
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Davey D
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 03:45 PM |
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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]
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TimC
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 03:51 PM |
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I'm waiting to hear what the camper van weighs. The Locost weighs 525kg.
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adithorp
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 04:23 PM |
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My BrainJames single axle trailer is about the same as that and weighs 250kg's unladen with a Max gross of 750kg.
adrian
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 04:49 PM |
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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.
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 05:10 PM |
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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?
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 06:37 PM |
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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!
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prawnabie
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 06:46 PM |
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Thats like the old bill saying, you are doing 30, but you COULD do 100, therefore you're busted!
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prawnabie
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 06:46 PM |
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Thats like the old bill saying, you are doing 30, but you COULD do 100, therefore you're busted!
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snapper
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| posted on 14/9/09 at 07:32 PM |
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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
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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TimC
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| posted on 15/9/09 at 07:36 AM |
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I'm not sure I want the answer, but how should a home built trailer be plated?
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