VOSA

[Bill Wright]

Does anyone know what it costs to get VOSA approval on a small custom-built trailer?

Bill

[Dave Liquorice]

Trailers need approval? Thought they where exempt or are we in a cross over period where old ones have "grandfather rights" but new ones need approval?

[Nightjar]

I didn't even know they needed it.

Colin Bignell

[news]

It change within the last year.

AJH

[Andy Burns]

Build an old-looking one then ;-)

[SteveW]

£70 according to

SteveW

[Adrian]

You built it several years ago, remember?

[The Other Mike]

Nothing if you plate it as being built before the cutoff date

[Bill Wright]

Thanks for that; the one sensible answer received.

Bill

[Nightjar]

For certain values of sensible.

Colin Bignell

[Gazz]

C'mon bill, surely you realise not everyone knows that trailers now need approving,

i certainly didn't, and i was planning on building one to carry a LWB recumbent i was going to buy that is as long as my car, so a bit too much overhang for a rear rack,

I already have the suspension units, hubs and wheels, hitch, lights, mudguards and so on from the dog carrying trailer i built to tow behind the scooter when abroad

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Everyone loved it except the Spanish cops, trust them to have a law saying no live animals in a trailer towed by a motorbike, luckily the dumb foreigner routine paid off and i was allowed to ride back to the motorhome with it instead of a fine and impoundment of the trailer... my own fault, someone did warn me before i went, but i didn't believe them.

And Mr nice Spanish cop even commented that it was the best dog trailer he'd ever seen, I'd used an extra large airline dog crate, mounted to a chassis, then built a roll cage around it, double rear LED lights and a flag with a light at the top, window for the dog to look forwards (double locking cage door at the rear), fan in the roof run from a battery on the trailer, charged from the scoot as we drove along, and a temp sensor inside with the display on the scoots handlebars, plus a 5 litre water container and a water dish mounted on the front,