Trailer service certificate

[cheggars]

Has any one heard of the requirement to carry one of the above for a ivor williams type trailers.
Someone local was pulled by traffic cop and told that one must be carried with the trailer at all times.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Never heard of that

 

[cheggars]

Me neither. Hopefully a figment of the coppers imagination.

 

[Kidds]

This is a big part of what is wrong with this country. It is full to the brim of people trying to stop you from getting on.

 

[Mursal]

You should follow it up, to see what exactly he was talking about, we don't have that, yet

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

what a load of ball cocks

 

[Brisel]

Has any one heard of the requirement to carry one of the above for a ivor williams type trailers.
Someone local was pulled by traffic cop and told that one must be carried with the trailer at all times.

Stupid copper. Even commercial trailers of this size don't need plating like HGV trailers do.

If you're using it for business, perhaps some maintenance records would be good from a Health & Safety point of view but for road laws there's no requirement.

 

[llamedos]

Perhaps the copper was getting confused https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/trailers

 

[Lincs Lass]

The only thing alot of car size trailers should have is the lights working correctly ,,some you have to be a mind reader to know which direction they are going ,,put indicators on and the brake lights flash or nothing comes on

 

[Drillman]

Our Graham Edwards trailer went to the factory for a service last month and came back with this sticker on it

 

[Mursal]

The only thing alot of car size trailers should have is the lights working correctly ,,some you have to be a mind reader to know which direction they are going ,,put indicators on and the brake lights flash or nothing comes on

Or trailer board on upside down ..............

 

[cheggars]

Our Graham Edwards trailer went to the factory for a service last month and came back with this sticker on it

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That looks like what he was going on about, But i,ve not heard anything bout it being a lawfull requirment.

 

[GTB]

I think in this case the copper was talking rubbish but there are a lot of dodgy trailers on the road. I don't think an annual MOT would be such a bad thing tbh.
Tin hat on.

 

[roscoe erf]

I think in this case the copper was talking rubbish but there are a lot of dodgy trailers on the road. I don't think an annual MOT would be such a bad thing tbh.
Tin hat on.

Can you hear that ringing yet

 

[Mursal]

Did you ever, running a two trailer convoy behind one jeep and he's looking for an annual trailer MOT

 

[GTB]

Did you ever, running a two trailer convoy behind one jeep and he's looking for an annual trailer MOT

The second trailer was only a little one.

 

[quavers]

mot for trailers ! they are already supposed to be road worthy for the road . we keep asking for the red tape in the industry to be cut and here you wanting more .

 

[Still Farming]

Tractor trailers next is it !

 

[GTB]

mot for trailers ! they are already supposed to be road worthy for the road . we keep asking for the red tape in the industry to be cut and here you wanting more .

That is true but like I said there are a lot of dodgy trailers on the road. Some of them never get any maintainence or repairs from one year to the next. Just imagine how many unfit cars would be on the road if there was no annual test.

 

[multi power]

Was this the same cop who asked me to produce a MOT certificate for a tractor ?