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Boat trailer - new laws and costs associated

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  • 16-08-2015 11:29pm
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    Docktor
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    The load on my boat trailer is approximately 800 kg - boat (Shetland 570) is 650 kg - engine (Mariner 55 hp) is 100 kg - and contents are definitely less than 50 kg....but am rounding up for the sake of it.

    The trailer would therefore be considered a category 02 vehicle under the new regulations that came into force in 2012.

    What I am not sure of is:

    - whether or not my trailer requires brakes to be fitted or whether it is exempt?

    - if it need brakes fitted does it then need Type Approval?

    There are companies selling "trailer kits" which would allow me to upgrade the trailer to a braked trailer - the kits are expensive - and if type approval is required after this then I wonder if it just not better to try and buy a newer secondhand trailer?
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    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,323 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    As far as I know if it's over 750 kg including the boat and gear it needs to have brakes.



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    Odelay
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    fergal.b wrote: »
    As far as I know if it's over 750 kg including the boat and gear it needs to have brakes.



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    It's the weight of boat, gear and weight of the trailer too.


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    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,323 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Yep the whole lot, I think the towing weight of the car might also factor in as to weather you need an EB licence. There are a few post on it here that might be worth reading through. http://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?query=trailer+laws



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    #5
    Docktor
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Docktor


    Thanks for clarifying that the combined weight of the trailer and boat, with engine and contacts, make up the 750 kg threshold.

    I had already come across the other threads on the recent changes in the trailer law - but it's still not clear whether or not I can upgrade my existing trailer without having to be type approved - based on the age of the trailer and the fact that I am not a trailer manufacturer. There is also confusion in the other threads about the sale of a trailer requiring type approval - not sure if this means that I can never sell my old trailer with the boat.

    It's certainly not clear.....


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