lighting board

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   Thanks, my question is specially for trailing on the continent. Can I get away with Pintle hung or do I need to retrofit arms onto my trailer if heading for say Lake Garda?

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SalsaPirates Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 37	Post Options Post Reply Quote SalsaPirates Report Post Quote Reply Topic: lighting board Posted: 12 Feb 24 at 11:17am
	Thanks, my question is specially for trailing on the continent. Can I get away with Pintle hung or do I need to retrofit arms onto my trailer if heading for say Lake Garda?

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 24 at 11:19am
	When was your trailer built? Does it have fixings for trailer board poles? It's really hard, as I guess you know , to find clear information. But I've found the following (which may or may not be useful to somebody in the future) and it seems a waste not to post it :- You don't need to register a trailer less than 750kg to use it in EU (from .gov so is good info). As a visitor you should* be fine towing abroad as long as your trailer is under 750kg and conforms to the relevant UK regs. If your trailer was built after about 2002 (I seems impossible to find the date the new EU regs came in) you must use the poles to mount the lighting board*, if you trailer doesn't have fixings for the poles it's pretty safe to assume it was built before they were a requirement and you will be ok in the UK. This is anecdotal so, while worth mentioning, may not be 100% reliable. ** My Blaze trailer does not have fixings for poles and the boat was new in 2002. I think I would continue to use the pintle mounted board in the UK if I bought a boat with a newer trailer but would accept that there is a small risk go getting a pull from the boys in blue. Edited by Sam.Spoons - 12 Feb 24 at 11:54am
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423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3406	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 24 at 1:04pm
	If the trailer has fixed lights and the boat doesn't extend more than a metre past the lights you don't need anything else.
	Robert

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 24 at 2:26pm
	Yup that would certainly work for an Oppi or Topper on a box trailer.
	Spice 346 "Flat Broke" Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish"