is this road legal?

Tiddlypom said:
Or you you could just buy one of these. Is GS thinking of selling hers :D?

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Sorry to sound so negative, but you and your OH sound like quite novice towers. It's vital that a towing outfit is strong, well balanced, stable, and manoeuvrable. Your options look anything but (though I accept that you have been assured differently).
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That's what I have .
It really does the horse and carriage job very well .
Mine has a portable stable on the side under an awning .
It's negatives are it's big and heavy and needs a large turning circle because of the three axles .
 
Leo Walker said:
Yes, the extension bolts on to the frame. It can be taken on and off with a few bolts being undone. The whole thing pretty much flat packs down with a few bolts out. Having seen a lot of them in the last few weeks they are made of much less substantial steel than on the trailer I just bought. They are also made in an almost identical way to this trailer, its what they based the design on. Having recently spent hours and hours angle grinding the horse trailer frame I can also tell you that parts of the trailer are made of thicker steel than that. Its very substantial in real life.

However as I have said twice at least now, I bought the trailer for the steel with the intention of stripping it and using it for parts. The same parts that are in the extension kit. I've also sourced a recommended supplier of steel channels and sheet metal which is something else I will no doubt need. the same supplier who has provided the aluminium sheet flooring for the horse trailer, so I know they are reliable and trustworthy.

I'm not just going to bodge that trailer between the car and trailer. I have a friend who is an engineer and does a lot of mechanical work in his spare time who is going to plan it for me. I also have someone who will weld it all together. Its likely that in my case I will have it permanently welded onto the chassis, but I havent decided yet as I need to check the space I will have to store it and decide whether its something I want to do, they do design them to bolt on and off for a reason after all.

Mine isnt an Ifor so wont fit the standard kits that are available, and by building one from scratch I have more options to have it how I want it. Thats why. And thats why I wanted to know the legalities of 3 axles on a B+E licence so I had the facts before discussions are had and plans are made. It may be that from an engineering point of view that there is a reason they dont use an axle on it, who knows, I dont, thats why I have someone else drawing up the plans.

All I wanted to know was the legality of more than 2 axles which is why I didnt go into this level of frankly boring detail in the first post. I've done my research on the available options, and I've done enough of it that I'm happy with my decision. I only posted the pictures as I thought they would be interesting and make the post a bit less boring. If I'd wanted peoples opinions on carriage extensions this isnt the place to ask as no one here has used one. Thats why I have talked to several people who are currently using them and looked carefully at some in use, looked at the construction, the materials used, the measurements and made a note of any engineering type questions that I have.

I have even seen some home made ones, made without an engineer, proper DIY jobs, so its
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ester said:
LW isnt a member anymore, I think had a 3 horse trailer instead (sinclair I think)
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