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Q Asa hobby I own an old Dyson trailer with a
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lift container on top, which I use as a living van.
I tow the trailer with two classes of vehicles, one a steam traction engine and the other a long-wheelbase Land-Rover. Could you tell me if the trailer must conform to these two different classes? It gets a little complicated particularly with regard to lights and speed.
When drawing with the steam loco which has no decides, the trailer has an old oil lamp at the rear. How do I stand with regard to the Land-Rover, as the fitment of electric lamps and indicators would spoil the vintage appearance somewhat?
With regard to speed, the loco draws at 4 mph. But what is the legal speed when drawing with the lwb Land-Rover which is not as heavy as the trailer?
Details of the trailer are as filllows: built in 1920 (according to Dyson's records), it has overrun brakes on rear wheels only, with hand brake on the same drums; it has solid rubber tyres and weighs 24 tons.
A Because this vehicle is fitted with solid rubber tyres it is limited to a speed of 20 mph when being towed by the LandRover. Because of the low speed of the traction engine there is no problem over the speed limit when this is being used.
We can find no exemptions in the Lighting Regulations for vintage trailers so it would seem that yours should be fitted with rear lights, stop lights and reflectors when being towed by the Land-Rover.
Direction indicators are not required on the traction engine and in consequence are not required on the trailer when it is being drawn by the traction engine, but we think they should be fitted when the Land-Rover is used.
It is appreciated that these fittings are outof-keeping with the appearance of a vintage vehicle and we can only suggest that you mount . them on a detachable board which can be removed from the trailer when you are actually exhibiting it, say, at rallies. This is done on small boat trailers.
The police are usually sympathetic to the owners of vintage vehicles and may be prepared to look the other way. particularly if you are only using the vehicle by day and approach them in the right way.