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    Posted: 11 Mar 13 at 10:06am
Originally posted by Thunder Road

hope and bailer twine always will,


Hmm hope and bailer twine, am I ever going to get the hang of all these highly technical Finn boy terms. So Bailer Twine, let me guess it stops the bailer floating away when you go over?
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Originally posted by iGRF

Originally posted by Thunder Road

hope and bailer twine always will,


Hmm hope and bailer twine, am I ever going to get the hang of all these highly technical Finn boy terms. So Bailer Twine, let me guess it stops the bailer floating away when you go over?
It's the very expensive string for remote opening and closing of the small bailer as knitted in place by Rodney LOL
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Remote opening and closing of bailers? Not by Radio Control by any chance? Sounds like an opportunity for a wizard wheeze if the frequencies could be swapped...
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Wizard wheeze - Is that a Molesworth reference? Excellent!
 
I've got an 80s boat-pimping book that advocates removing self-bailer handles, and attaching a thin rope to pull it shut remotely. You tread on it to open. Interesting...
 
Back on topic, the new boat trailer regs only apply to new trailers, so the poor amongst us can continue to hang lighting boats on the rudder pintles.
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Originally posted by Thunder Road

people who cobbled it together with hope and bailer twine always will
 
Ah, baler twine and hope; the two things that held my trailer and lighting board together when some numpty inexplicably failed to spot the huge trailer attached to the back of the Land Rover. Happy days...
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It seems that the companies who have invested in complying to the new standards will potentially be undercut by those who don't using a concession albeit this is time limited. I don't think that the regs are that onerous and will be beneficial to drive up standards. I am all for individuals choosing there own path in life however would rather not be wiped out by others errant trailers and loads whilst using the road network. Unless of course the penalties are of a Soudi Arabia nature and the compensation eye watering:)
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One fears that new regs will only be applied by those already doing a good, safe job and the ones who don't care, still won't. Enforcement will be limited to soft targets, because it's easy. You may think me a cynic, well you are right Ouch
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I have just looked at my Sovereign Graduate combi bought about a year ago. It has the brackets for the trailerboard structure, but the lashing eyes prevent it being slid in, so its either on or off-no adjustment. Not great.
 
What a load of unnecessary legislation. Good combi though.
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