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MOT for Towbars fitted to private cars !
« on: 30 May 2009, 06:40:54 »
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Re: MOT for Towbars fitted to private cars !
« Reply #1 on: 30 May 2009, 07:14:02 »
Seems fair enough.
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« Reply #2 on: 30 May 2009, 07:40:48 »
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Re: MOT for Towbars fitted to private cars !
« Reply #3 on: 30 May 2009, 08:00:14 »
I'm about to get round to fitting mine to my miggy today.  Is it straight forward or is there anything I should know about?
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« Reply #4 on: 30 May 2009, 08:09:36 »
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I'm about to get round to fitting mine to my miggy today.  Is it straight forward or is there anything I should know about?
its easy mate very straight forward :y
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« Reply #5 on: 30 May 2009, 08:54:15 »
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I'm about to get round to fitting mine to my miggy today.  Is it straight forward or is there anything I should know about?
its easy mate very straight forward :y

im guessing i'll have to do some drilling somewhere...... :-/
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« Reply #6 on: 30 May 2009, 09:08:53 »
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I'm about to get round to fitting mine to my miggy today.  Is it straight forward or is there anything I should know about?
its easy mate very straight forward :y

All drill points have a dimple/pimple to mark the spot. All your elcectrics end at  plug atthe back edge of the boot, under the trim alonf with a permanent 12 volt for caravan fridge & charging.  :y

im guessing i'll have to do some drilling somewhere...... :-/
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Re: MOT for Towbars fitted to private cars !
« Reply #7 on: 30 May 2009, 11:11:28 »
Been part of the Spanish MOT test for a long time now. Large farm trailers likewise get MOT'd. Its a good idea. You don't want to be on the receiving end of a breakaway caravan or trailer load of olives!

One thing that isn't so good with Spanish MOT's is their dislike of anything non standard. They didn't like the Elites 225 tyres and wider rims compared to the normal 195 tyres. I had to show them the handbook and only then would they accept them and entered it in the logbook (V5). God help me if I turn up next year with some 17inch rims!

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Re: MOT for Towbars fitted to private cars !
« Reply #8 on: 30 May 2009, 11:29:55 »
My MOT tester mentioned this when I got the Westfield tested.

He said the requirement to have postcode and manufacturer printed on a number plate is also rearing its' ugly head again although he said there'd be a row about that and it'd probably get postponed again. ;D

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« Reply #9 on: 30 May 2009, 12:18:56 »
Don't know the details but they are adding trailers to the list of "vehicles" needing an IVA test too !!!
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« Reply #10 on: 30 May 2009, 12:48:50 »
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Don't know the details but they are adding trailers to the list of "vehicles" needing an IVA test too !!!


That seems reasonable considering the state of some of the trailers you see out and about :y  but there is something telling me that the  whole requirement to legislate for everything we tend to engage in doing is getting out of hand :-/ :-/

How would it work - would every trailer need to be registered and have documents to prove its provenance? ::)  sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare to me and one which we will all have to pay for in fees :y
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Re: MOT for Towbars fitted to private cars !
« Reply #11 on: 30 May 2009, 13:17:41 »
Again drawing on the Spanish experience, I think it is right and proper that trailers are tested. Apart from carrying 10,000 kilos or more of olives on torturous, super hilly roads they also transport caterpillar tractors in them.

We bought a small new unbraked trailer and it came with a log book (v5 equivalent) and the chassis number stamped on it and a VIN plate but no MOt test requirement (yet!).

I agree with the concern over extra cost, paperwork etc but methinks it is the way things are going. One day youngsters of today will say "do you remember when you could choose how fast you went by pressing the accelerator pedal!" :) :) :)

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« Reply #12 on: 30 May 2009, 13:23:51 »
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Again drawing on the Spanish experience, I think it is right and proper that trailers are tested. Apart from carrying 10,000 kilos or more of olives on torturous, super hilly roads they also transport caterpillar tractors in them.

We bought a small new unbraked trailer and it came with a log book (v5 equivalent) and the chassis number stamped on it and a VIN plate but no MOt test requirement (yet!).

I agree with the concern over extra cost, paperwork etc but methinks it is the way things are going. One day youngsters of today will say "do you remember when you could choose how fast you went by pressing the accelerator pedal!" :) :) :)

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 ;D Happy days indeed Varche  ;D  Yes I'm leaning on the side of considering this to ba a good idea - but I can't find the confidence to expect the thing to be properly managed by the incompetent shower over here :-/ :-/
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« Reply #13 on: 30 May 2009, 13:34:14 »
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Again drawing on the Spanish experience, I think it is right and proper that trailers are tested. Apart from carrying 10,000 kilos or more of olives on torturous, super hilly roads they also transport caterpillar tractors in them.

We bought a small new unbraked trailer and it came with a log book (v5 equivalent) and the chassis number stamped on it and a VIN plate but no MOt test requirement (yet!).

I agree with the concern over extra cost, paperwork etc but methinks it is the way things are going. One day youngsters of today will say "do you remember when you could choose how fast you went by pressing the accelerator pedal!" :) :) :)

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 ;D Happy days indeed Varche  ;D  Yes I'm leaning on the side of considering this to ba a good idea - but I can't find the confidence to expect the thing to be properly managed by the incompetent shower over here :-/ :-/

You have only to witness the SVA to IVA changeover to see how likely it is to be totally mis-managed!  Even now, a month after the official changeover, they are still revising the regs and testers are unsure of the interpretation of many !!!!
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Again drawing on the Spanish experience, I think it is right and proper that trailers are tested. Apart from carrying 10,000 kilos or more of olives on torturous, super hilly roads they also transport caterpillar tractors in them.

We bought a small new unbraked trailer and it came with a log book (v5 equivalent) and the chassis number stamped on it and a VIN plate but no MOt test requirement (yet!).

I agree with the concern over extra cost, paperwork etc but methinks it is the way things are going. One day youngsters of today will say "do you remember when you could choose how fast you went by pressing the accelerator pedal!" :) :) :)

varche


 ;D Happy days indeed Varche  ;D  Yes I'm leaning on the side of considering this to ba a good idea - but I can't find the confidence to expect the thing to be properly managed by the incompetent shower over here :-/ :-/

You have only to witness the SVA to IVA changeover to see how likely it is to be totally mis-managed!  Even now, a month after the official changeover, they are still revising the regs and testers are unsure of the interpretation of many !!!!

.. and there weren't really that many changes from what I can see (apart from the fee!).

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