building a trailer

I am thinking of building a small trailer to put my motorcycle on.
I have all the welding and fabricating skills and mechanicall knowledge required. The questions i have are how much can i tow before i need to put emergency brake on it . does it have to conform to any British standards or anything ? any ideas where i can find out ?

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I think the law has recently changed to outlaw unless approved 'home made' trailers

The Law for Trailers.

Trailer Certification

thanks buddy

biggeeeee said:

I think the law has recently changed to outlaw unless approved 'home made' trailers

The Law for Trailers.

Trailer Certification

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question, how can anyone prove it was made after the change?

trax said:

question, how can anyone prove it was made after the change?

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trax said:

question, how can anyone prove it was made after the change?

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Don;t think that applys for personnel use, just back door makers who make a living of doing that.

If you use stuff off their shelves to make your own don't see a problem

after having a look about, it seem racks fitted to the tow ball mount arnt covered by the new regs, but i can buy the full kit including light board for just over £100 prob not worth the hassle making one unless it is in the works time

Yet more crap from Brussels

just make sure the total load the tyres can take is under the braking limit

Unbraked trailers can go up to 750kg gvw, over that they need brakes

I thought home made trailers had to be suv tested , you're not even allowed to use a towbar on a car now unless it's got a eu approved sticker on it even if it's made by witter