gfromleeds

gfromleeds

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i was brousing the net and came across some pics of cars that have been cut up to make trailers and its got me thinking !!
the space inside a rangerover would make a great mini sleeper type caravan with all the interior striped out !
it would have no engine as that would be replaced with a storage area for bags ect
if it could be left on 4 wheels and towed by a A frame attached to the steering! that would turn it in the same track as the tow car!
and after all the unnessacery weight like engine, radiator ,gearbox, driveshafts, interior ect is striped out i bet it would shead about a ton which meens another rangie could pull it no problem
but would it be legal? ie. would it need an mot/tax insurance? would it be a problem with it haveing reg plates that dont match the chassis number?
this is all hypothetical but would make a great project to use for camping/fishing ect...
 
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I had the back end of a Ford Escort van that had been made into a trailer and it was brilliant. Towed really well. Being front wheel drive it had a lazy back axle so no diff to worry about.
 
Have you never heard of a small caravan? A lot less work. And a lot easier to tow.
 
i was just interested in the legality of doing somthing like that! i aint got much interest in atualy building it.
 
gfromleeds said:
i was just interested in the legality of doing somthing like that! i aint got much interest in atualy building it.
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Don't quote me, but i think a four wheeled trailer has to be braked. Or it may go off weight not sure. Rigging that up may cause a problem.
 
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Don't quote me, but i think a four wheeled trailer has to be braked. Or it may go off weight not sure. Rigging that up may cause a problem.
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over a certain weight it has to be braked,could be done but really would ya,there are better ways to spend your spare time, nice idea best left in your head!
 
There are numerous reasons why it wouldn't be legal. for one it would weigh more than 750Kg and would therefore need to be a braked trailer. This means that all the wheels fitted to a trailer must be braked. the brakes must be of the type that allow the trailer to be reversed.. and the brakes would need to be rigged to the tow hitch so that they came one when the tow vehicle braked.

Lights would need sorting to proper trailer lighting regs.

Have you ever tried to reverse a vehicle on an A frame?? It's almost impossible to do so. If you rigged the brakes up as above they would then engage and it wouldn't move an inch. so they would need to be converted to proper trailer brakes.

The easiest option would be to mount a RR body on an existing trailer bed.


Oh and law says Once a motor vehicle Always a motor vehicle.. So you'd need to get that sorted as well
 
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Over 750 kg gross/mass weight requires brakes (assuming the tug weighs at least double that weight, if not then it's half the tug's kerb weight) problem is that the gross is based on the manuf's plate not what the trailer actually weighs at the time (ie a part load) & with a home-made trailer who is to say what that figure is? This subject has been covered before & if you read into it I think you'll have a rethink!
 
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