28-05-2019, 09:15 PM
Hello. I would echo every word of Howard's reply. Trailers are a grey area, someone was recently stopped on the nearby M6 whilst towing a lightweight kit car - the police officer commented 'it's your misfortune to have encountered the only PC in the area who knows the trailer regs'. This resulted in a prosecution for towing a marginally over weight unbraked trailer.
My son and I have three trailers, the autojumble trailer is 4 wheeled and braked, the car trailer is a Brian James 4 wheel Clubman trailer which is large enough for A7's but too small for moderns, the lad's original mini will just fit. Not cheap but beautifully built, tows like a dream, a problem of owning a large trailer is that you get a lot of 'friends'.............."could I borrow your trailer?"
They do appear on ebay but don't seem to depreciate like the cars that tow 'em.
A local trailer company no longer builds trailers because of the requirement to have them 'plated' and they don't encourage customers to build their own although they do sell parts for repair - make of that what you will?
Regards from the creative county - Staffordshire.
Stuart
My son and I have three trailers, the autojumble trailer is 4 wheeled and braked, the car trailer is a Brian James 4 wheel Clubman trailer which is large enough for A7's but too small for moderns, the lad's original mini will just fit. Not cheap but beautifully built, tows like a dream, a problem of owning a large trailer is that you get a lot of 'friends'.............."could I borrow your trailer?"
They do appear on ebay but don't seem to depreciate like the cars that tow 'em.
A local trailer company no longer builds trailers because of the requirement to have them 'plated' and they don't encourage customers to build their own although they do sell parts for repair - make of that what you will?
Regards from the creative county - Staffordshire.
Stuart