Jasongray5
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 12:59 PM |
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Trailer Building Legal question
I had to build a trailer for my boat! I know its very strong because i pulled it over a ploughed feild with a quad bike and it didn't fall
apart, I then pulled it along a private road with the boat this time at 70mph and it pulled strait without skipping or bouncing, so in essance, I know
the trailer is good? But do home built trailers have to face the equivelent to a SVA?
Cheers Guys Jas Gray
How hard can it be?
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hughpinder
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:02 PM |
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Assuming you're in the uk, not yet, but it has been on the news in the recent past that they may introduce a MOT equivalent for trailers
Hugh
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coozer
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:03 PM |
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Reading through the draft IVA it looks like they are to included in it!
Bad, bad news indeed....
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Jasongray5
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:10 PM |
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boat trailer
Picture of said trialer,
So do I have time to register it (or something) before IVA? Do all home built trailers have to face this??
I have since added mud guards and tow hitch...
[Edited on 11/2/09 by Jasongray5]
How hard can it be?
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Slater
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:23 PM |
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The new IVA states that any home built trailer must pass the following tests:
1) Pull trailer over a ploughed field using a quad bike, the trailer is deemed to pass if nothing falls off.
2) Pull trailer at 70mph along a private road. A pass is deemed as long as the trailer does not skip or bounce.
Sorry.......couldn't resist.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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yellow melos
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:24 PM |
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So will this mean that all trailers will have a VIN plate or some sort of identification ???
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:26 PM |
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your trailer looks just like my dingys one, more than up to the task. No testing required
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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tegwin
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 01:29 PM |
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I believe in NZ they have to present their trailers for testing much like the SVA in the UK... and also have an engineer inspect it during
construction..
Its just more red tape to prevent people enjoying their "freedom" and to remove more need for common sence....
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 02:33 PM |
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probably ask for full distructive load testing too 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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minitici
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 02:45 PM |
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Better get a job lot of pre-printed /dated chassis plates for any trailers I may build in future 
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 02:50 PM |
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This is unfeasable.
The government have no logs of what trailers are out there now, so how can they prove that a trailer is new and therefore in need of a test?
Even if the test came in, I'd just claim its an old un that I've spruced up a bit.
What is next, MOT's for bikes? IVA's for wheelchairs? I bet it never happens, or if it does it will involve every law abiding citizen who
currently has a trailer have to get them registered, which is just dumb!
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02GF74
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 03:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
I believe in NZ they have to present their trailers for testing much like the SVA in the UK... and also have an engineer inspect it during
construction..
Its just more red tape to prevent people enjoying their "freedom" and to remove more need for common sence....
I am sure you would not say it is a bad thing if you got twatted in the face by a metal bar that came off a bady welded trailer.
On a different note, seeing how some people attach bikes to bike racks or large items, usually sheets of plywood held on by bungee after visiting
B&Q makes me want to keep well away from them.
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owelly
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 04:59 PM |
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All new trailers have to be plated and stamped. The have to comply with whatever European gubbins apply. And they have to be CE marked and include EU
Type approval. I seem to remember it applies to any trailer built after 1992 but I'm a bit fuzzy on dates!
However, if that trailer, or any other trailer for that matter, was built before 1992 and just modified, refurbished or repainted, then who's to
know!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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MkII
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 06:51 PM |
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I think some sort of mot type test for trailers would be a good thing, i get a lot of trailers in at work to have brakes and lights repaired or
replaced but when i strip them down it is obvious they have been inoperative for quite some time.some of these trailers are carrying loads of several
tons regulary and the vehicles towing them are not going to be able to stop in a hurry with no trailer brakes! .m.
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dhutch
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 07:08 PM |
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To answer the op, no, nothing needs doing as far as i know.
- I built a 8*4ft flatbed trailer (using parts from peak trailers kit parts list) and just threw it on the road.
Its a stonking trailer, and safe as houses, and a basic test of it prove that. However, would also be an additional cost im happy not to pay.
That said, there are a lot of peices of absolute junk out there, rust heaps, insuffenctly spec'ed chassis members, massivly damaged/unsafe
tyres. etc. That realisitcally i would not want to be following ever.
- And they shouldnt be on the road.
That said the system that we have now (where theres no test, but you can get pulled for an unsafe trailer) does seam to keep most of them off the
road.
Daniel
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 07:23 PM |
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Type approval for trailers (and corresponding IVA for one-offs) is coming in in 2012.
Currently your trailer is still obliged to meet C&U regulations which are essentially the same requirements, it's just that you don't
have to prove it to anyone before you can use the trailer.
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