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- South lakes
Bet you don’t go into the Workshop part of this forum then!!! Farmers are renowned for making stuff, that’s how a lot of prototypes are developed!!!!!
Strange how things happen???
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Dave W
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- chesterfield
I'm well aware of that. Doesn't mean everything that comes out of farm workshops is fit for purpose.
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- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
CE conformity doesn't mean a thing is fit for purpose all it means is that the the techniques the manufacturer has used have been inspected and they are satisfactory. So indeed that CE stamped trailer may have its hinges properly welded on but they could also be only half the size they need to be. CE doesn't cover design or material selection.
ridger
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- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
There was an interesting happening about 10 years ago locally, a farmer made himself a trailer, and when he went to tip off its first load of sand, the ram pushed the chassis down. To the ground. Instead of bodging it up again, he decided to try and claim it off the insurance. It didn't work very well
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- South lakes
you sound like a right Jobsworth! Merry Christmas! wonder who made Santa's slay????
As long as no one was hurt trailer can always be repaired people cant
startinghandle
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The trailer is fully operational again,I did stand at safe distance as a load of stone was tipped yesterday but no problems at all
nothing wrong with homemade
Dave W
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- chesterfield
Depends if it fails or not
factory sh!t fails as well have a drink and chillDepends if it fails or not
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- Cumbria
CE means nothing about manufacturing integrity. It's a guarantee that it comply's with a raft of EU rules and regulations. Like, paint constituents, noise, vibration, health and safety guarding etc. In addition, unless you are commercially selling products you do not need a CE mark.
Unless it comes from China, where they make their own CE stickers, and comply with nothing !!
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- North Norfolk
To apply a CE mark, you determine which directives might apply to your product, guess that it might comply, and apply a sticker. If you are a big company and suspect that you might be sued, you do lots of tests and make a technical file, but I suspect that most gamble on not being picked up and just apply the sticker. When I produced grain store monitoring equipment, I CE marked it after doing some simple EMI and EMC testing. I got ATEX certification after submitting component manufacturers' data and spending quite a bit of money.
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- Cumbria
I agree, however the CE mark is basically a EU passport, and only then for specific products sold in the EU. A homemade trailer does not need a CE mark, and neither would your grain store monitoring equipment, unless you sold it commercially.
The Yanks ignore them or twist the rules to comply, especially noise, vibration and emissions where engine revs are set low to comply, however the equipment will not perform as expected without altering them here once arrived.
To sell in the UK only, we now have the UKCA.
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- Hampshire
We have a chap locally who built our cattle trailer and it's far better built and stronger than anything I've seen out of a factory.
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- Larne, Northern Ireland
CE means nothing ime, my last low loader was factory built, ce stamped , 10 ton midi low loader. This was it after 3 years, biggest load was 6 ton digger or 8 bales. I can’t find the rest of the photos but I’m sure this gives an idea. Was like this at several points
smcapstick
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- Kirkby Lonsdale
michael N123
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Some of these northern Irish trailers that are flooding the market are a disgrace
there was someone on here who had to re route and re wire the electrics on a brand new one because they where codged on with house hold connectors