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Small trailer question

  • 14-07-2017 10:38am
    #1
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭


    I've had the same old home made trailer for years. Single Axle small ish. Has brake lights, indicators etc. Not used it a long time. I have to updated the plate to the current car, and it needs fresh tires. I don't carry much weight or anything. But is there anything else it needs to be legal. The Type approval only applies to trailers built after October 29th 2012. How do they know a trailer is built prior to that?


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I might be wrong here but it's illegal to sell a trailer like that but not to use it?


  • #3
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    Trailer license. A legal but often ignored requirement.


  • #4
    corglass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭corglass


    spiggotpaddy wrote: »
    Trailer license. A legal but often ignored requirement.


    Actually you don't need a trailer license for small trailers, so not relevant to OP


  • #5
    beauf
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    Does the number plate have to match the towing vehicle?


  • #6
    E36Ross
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭E36Ross


    spiggotpaddy wrote: »
    Trailer license. A legal but often ignored requirement.

    Nope..... Not on most small car trailers it's not needed.


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  • #7
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    beauf wrote: »
    Does the number plate have to match the towing vehicle?
    Yes.


  • #8
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I might be wrong here but it's illegal to sell a trailer like that but not to use it?
    Once it was built before the Type Approval Laws came into effect it is perfectly legal to sell it. The Regs are a bit vague, but they only apply to trailers built after the Approval Dates.
    After all, there is nothing to stop a person loaning his "older" trailer to somebody else....so why couldn't he sell it ?


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