ovalandrover
Well-Known Member
Not bad doing 250000 miles towing hope you replaced his tyres on the trailer before you returned it to him
tufty
New Member
thereby overloading the trailer by about 1 ton, the maximum permissable load on over run brakes is 3500kg,that includes the unladen weight of the trailer, not only illegal but absolutely no regard for other road users safety. also compromising the towing vehicles braking system. :crazy:
Last edited:
DiscoPol
Well-Known Member
:5biagree:Tosser and dumb with it, advertises the fact he drags overweight loads with his Rangey:doh:
ben.suffolk
Active Member
If it was commercial use it would need to be using a tacho as well.
Chrisfrain2007
Active Member
Maybe the rules are different on the emerald isle ?
362bkr
Active Member
thats just what i was thinking............
Chrisfrain2007
Active Member
how are rules going to change ianything f the trailer is overloaded or the braking system overwhelmed???
ps. when I read the thread title I was really hoping to a see different kind of photo.
Because different countries have different laws, sounds crazy I know,
Datatek
Well-Known Member
The 3.5 tonnes is an arbitary limit set by the EU. Nothing to do with what the vehicle might actually be capable of at the limit. A properly braked trailer imposes little extra load on the towing vehicles brakes. You should see some of the things they get up to in Africa.
datatek is correct i was perfectly safe trailer brakes were working perfect i travelled at a low speed and never once in the 90 miles got a wobble. if you are used to ballancing a load on a trailer anddont be in a hurry home you are no danger to nobody (only yourself if asked to park on a weighbridge )
rasheed
Well-Known Member
I think I didn't express my point too clearly but Datatek has actually explained it in the next post. I was trying to say if the physical limits are reached, the fact that rules may be different from one place to another isn't going to make a blind bit of difference. But then Data has clarified that the regulatory ceiling is arbitrary and not related to physical capacity so it fine.
Chrisfrain2007
Active Member
To be honest I doubt the rules matter in Ireland anyway, they sort of do what they want,
