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    Posted: 06 Dec 12 at 12:42pm
Doesn't need a separate trailer endorsement, unless the trailer is over 750kg Design Gross Weight.
 
Have to say, I'm not sure why anyone would want to put their cherished dinghy through the punishment of being towed on the crude suspension and hard cradles of the average trailer at anywhere near a ton. Pretty sure I wouldn't!
 
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I'm pretty sure it is all trailers that need the licence endorsement.

The test (image above) looks awful. I would fail that!

Mind you, this is less concerning than the fact that my granny still has a valid licence...
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See following links:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repository/O1-O4%20IVA%20Inspection%20Manual.pdf
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vca/vehicletype/trailers.asp


Boat trailers for dinghies are typically class 01 (less than 750kg without brakes).

Existing designs (newly made - doesn't apply retrospectively) are supposed to be either type approved or IVA'd (every single trailer tested before sale) by October 2012 (new designs form October 2010). The big deal for most boat trailers will be getting the right chassis plate on, proving the suspension and hitch are up to the job and getting the requisite lights / reflectors in place.
This includes stuff you make yourself but then how do you prove how old a hand made trailer is?

We make industrial plant that is towed on the road and get a special dispensation until 2014 because it is "specialist equipment". 
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Originally posted by MerlinMags

I'm pretty sure it is all trailers that need the licence endorsement.

The test (image above) looks awful. I would fail that!



When I looked at the regs a few weeks ago I thought that only trailers above a certain weight needed a separate license endorsement. See https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/driving-licence-rules-and-what-you-can-tow

Test doesn't look easy, but take it slow & it should be OK, as long as it doesn't have to be done in one go!


Edited by Noah - 06 Dec 12 at 1:54pm
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Change of law not as neccessary as a change of driver training IMO, and some decent rules around the design of trailers - saw a double stacker recently with what, I guess, were supposed to be strap mooring 'points' but in reality, looked like just the kind of thing that would be ideal to impale a poor cyclist in the back of the head as you went by.
 
 
If you want to trail a double-stacker or multi-boat trailer then you should have an endorsement, whenever you got your license.  At the very least, I'd want to get a lot of practice in before going out on the road with one, and I've been towing for 20yrs now.
 
 


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Originally posted by MerlinMags

Tommo, since you passed your test recently you can't tow anyway! You need a seperate test.

Old fogeys like me who passed their (normal) driving test in the 90s got trailer endorsements as standard.


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Towing over 750kg requires the endorsed certificate...if your dinghy and trailer/trolley weighs more than that together you best have a word with yourself.
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you should be alright with a triple stacker with most boats.
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This is a 6 stacker Topper Trailer, I tow the same but with Laser Picos x 6 plus all the kit, spars, foils and trolleys on the trailer.


Going back to the test, the reverse is the first thing you have to do, taking it very slowly with the examiner watching from outside the car, you need to back it to within a metre of the back wall. You can shunt forward twice but only get out of the car once. When you do, engine has to be off, handbrake on, and the door has to be shut.

You have to uncouple and couple the trailer checking it is roadworthy and do a 50 minute drive which includes a 10 minute individual drive, ie following signs. They removed the emergency stop from the test. All driving is mirrors, mirrors, and 10 - 2.

The test centre is the same as the HGV test centre
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