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Trailer build

  • 09-01-2016 12:30am
    #1
    pilgrim pat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭


    hi i am planning on building a small trailer 7 x 4 i know i can take it for inspection i might not bother,i want it to be Wright, safe ect i just cant find any info on line on the length of the draw bar and things like that,can you buy plans for building something like this ?


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  • #2
    KK4SAM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭KK4SAM


    You'll be sorry if you don't go more that 8*4 to take a standard sheet ?
    http://www.trailersauce.com/trailer-plans/8-x-5-tandem-axle-trailer/tongue/


  • #3
    Mississippi.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭Mississippi.


    When I first made mine I measured as many others as I could, height of sides, length of drawbar, internal sizes, where axels were fixed etc, and I just went with what looked right to me.
    The height of the ladder rack also depends on do you plan on towing it with a salon car or a berlingo type. Seen a golf scrape it's roof backin up a steep slope with a low ladder bar and long ladder once.

    I plink therefore I am



  • #4
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    I had a 6'x4'2" made for me that was perfect for 8'x4's I used to put 3 timbers across the sides and put the boards on top. Needed the extra couple of inches because I also had a ladder rack and needed to be sure the 4 foot wide sheets would fit under it between the uprights.


  • #5
    pilgrim pat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭pilgrim pat


    I am planning on making the trailer a sort of flat bed or very low sides but its going to be 1250 mm or more ,I am not sure about the ladder rack I was sort of hoping to pick up a second hand canoe so am not sure how I could fit that on. its the road legal end of things I am stuck on I have found some info where the tail lights should go I am not fitting brakes so no problems there just use my judgment I think and not bother about getting it passed as a one of build whats the worst that can happen


  • #6
    Bigus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭Bigus


    pilgrim pat wrote: »
    just use my judgment I think and not bother about getting it passed as a one of build whats the worst that can happen

    Worst that could happen , would probably be ,

    it come adrift while driving and kill somebody,

    and your insurance would be invalid and

    You lose your house through a subsequent lawsuit ,

    But sure look at the potential saving over buying a certified trailer.


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  • #7
    pilgrim pat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭pilgrim pat


    that's a bit over the top ,I am not going to take a trailer on the road that's not safe ,calm down


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    pilgrim pat wrote: »
    .. its the road legal end of things I am stuck on I have found some info where the tail lights should go I am not fitting brakes so no problems there just use my judgment I think and not bother about getting it passed as a one of build whats the worst that can happen


    ...so you don't mind being open to prosecution then ?

    I work in a company that makes truck stuff that has to be Type Approved, and even if I wanted to I can't go out on the floor and just 'make' a trailer.

    http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Vehicle%20Std%20Leg/Information%20Notes/Light%20Trailer%20Stakeholder%20Note.pdf

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  • #9
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...so you don't mind being open to prosecution then ?

    I work in a company that makes truck stuff that has to be Type Approved, and even if I wanted to I can't go out on the floor and just 'make' a trailer.

    http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Vehicle%20Std%20Leg/Information%20Notes/Light%20Trailer%20Stakeholder%20Note.pdf

    Irrelevant document, the OP isn't selling trailers.


  • #10
    pilgrim pat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭pilgrim pat


    of course you can build a one off why couldn't you ,I should take it and get it and get it approved to be on the safe side its a real pig you can get the lights settings, why arent there more things like that available to joe six pack ?


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