08-06-2019, 09:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2019, 09:07 AM by Stuart Giles.)
My understanding of the law is that you don't have to have a VIN plate on your trailer (assuming it's not of the modern IVA etc. era) but if you don't, the authorities will take the maximum weight of your trailer as being the sum total of your trailer's tyres load index -the load index is the number that precedes the speed index on a tyre e.g. for a typical mini tyre 145/80 R10 69 S the load index is 69 which means the maximum load is 325KG. If you have a pair of these on your 2 wheel trailer its maximum load is 650 kg whatever the VIN plate might say. On the other hand, if you have some heavy trailer type tyres in the same size, the load index would give you 500KG per tyre, with no data plate, the authorities are going to say that your 750kg unbraked trailer is actually a 1 ton trailer, and you might be in a bit of trouble for having no brakes.