Build it yourself trailers - companies selling kits?

[Rick]

1 - 2 tonnes a cubic meter for rubble, and unbraked you have to be less than 1/3 of the weight of the towing car.

Which basically means you can tow virtually no rubble.

Rick

[Rick]

Wet concrete is arround 2.5 tonnes per cube, so rubble will be less due to the air gaps.

Rick

[Rick]

Is there not some rule against this by now, or at least a rule saying it has to be signed off by a competent person ?

Maybe its an idea we should send Prezza, for his next round of rule making ......

Rick

[usenet]

Not true I don't think, see:-

limit for an unbraked trailer behind a private car is simply 750kg and that's it.

[usenet]

No, sorry, there *is* a limit on the relative weight of an unbraked trailer even though there isn't a general limit. I quote from the above:- "In use it is not permitted to use an unbraked trailer the laden weight of which exceeds 50% of the kerbside weight of the towing vehicle."

[The Natural Philosopher]

A bit more if its concrete rather than brick...

[Rick]

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Sorry, I was out with my actual figure, but the point remains true, as most cars don't weight that much, an unbraked trailer can only take a small volume of rubble.

Rick

[usenet]

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We run two Citroen XMs, both have towbars. If I remember right their kerb weight is something like 1400kg so we'd be able to take an unbraked trailer up to nearly its maximum weight. I know the XM is a big car but modern cars are actually rather heavier than older ones, partly because we all drive bigger cars than we used to.

There are not so many unbraked trailers that are rated for 750kg anyway, the typical 'small trailer' seems to be in the 300kg to 500kg range.