leeds wrote:

Well I live in the UK and seldom tow on the continent.

Both our trailers are Ifor Williams ones. Both rated properly for the work they do.

Yes there are some dogs of trailers on the road which should be taken off the road. If a trailer MOT gets them off the road I will not complain!

Interestingly I saw a 2.6 tonne Ifor Wiliam box trailer being towed by a medium sized eurobox. `Trailer was all sign written so obviously a business trailer. There was me thinking cars in general (i.e. medium sized eurobox) had a general tow limit of 1200-1500 kg?

Trailer/driving laws are a nightmare at times to understand/comply with.


Brendan

alantd wrote:

They'll find it hard to type-approve a NATO hitch for a sankey surely.

There are only a coupe of solutions out there:

Bolt direct to the crossmember - easy to get approval on this - just get some longer bolts and bypass the receiver.
Use a receiver which keeps the NATO hitch quite high and therefore in-line (almost) with the trailer.
Dixon-Bate.

I'm guessing that there will be a way to have it assessed by then Thumbs Up

Dixon Bate 5 ton tow hitch (NATO hitch) is TUV approved and as long as it is bolted to the cross member it is 'type approved'

If/ when the law comes in, you will find all these companies that make reccievers will either stop, or get 'type approved' status... and pass the cost on... so it will cost you closer to £300 for something that used to cost £100. Then you will have to buy the type approved drop plate.... and so on- I am sure you get the picture- what a nause

Glyn

leeds wrote:

All depends when you past your test! Post 97(?) need separate tests

My licence is B, BE, C1, C1E, D1 and D1E.

Stupid thing is I can drive a 7.5 tonne truck all day long and ignore driving hours etc. Put one small business item in and I need to use a tachograph and keep to driving hours etc! Restricted operators licence and another can of worms opens up! Don't get me started. Soap box away now.


Brendan

Ahh, so there is a test now I am full C+E (or is it C1E now?)driver so had to do a proper trailer test for that anyhow.

Glyn