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    Car Trailer legalities ?

    Somehow I scored 2 x Series 3 Traybacks for a silly low price online without giving any thought about what I might do with them, where I might store them or how I might collect them from 350km away.

    I went to a hire place but find that all car trailers 1200kg only, because of their over-ride brakes.

    And with all this hoo har about overweight caravans and so on I thought I better do the right thing and enquire about professional collection, @$3 a km thats going to be more than the ensemble cost me,

    Now it never occurred to me to use my own trailer which is for my 88" as I did not expect a 109 would fit on it. It has 4 x electric brakes plus breakaway so legally good to carry the weight.

    The Problem and Im hoping someone will know , is according to my tape measure If I park a 109 front wheels where my Lightweight is parked the bottom of the rear tyres will be only 25mm forward of the rearmost edge of the trailer. ... Is that something Plod is likely to be upset by.

    I could weld a 50mm RHS 'extension' along the back but it will still look like the load is about to fall off.
    what do you reckon ?? or would a 109 on there be a little tail heavy ?







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    Can't really see a problem. Providing the car is tied on in such a way that it can't roll back off the trailer it should be all good.
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    If your wheels are on the platform and secured correctly, there should not be any forseeable problems. Where you will come unstuck is the overhang of the back of the trailer. I'm sure you know it can't be more than half the distance from the centre of the axle group to the rear of the trailer. That would be the biggest attraction for the police. Regarding tail heavy, it would depend on where the CoG of the 109 would be and how it sits on the trailer.
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    I've seen plenty of tilt tray trucks transporting cars that only just fit on the load bed, or when they have two cars jammed on to fit. If your 109 is physically restrained in a safe, correct manner, then it should not be an issue.
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    I think the weight distribution relative to the trailer wheels will be the main issue not securing the load. With the back wheels so far back what will the weight distribution be - will it be tail heavy setting up a recipe for disaster. I dont know.

    If you can weigh ball weight it will provide clues - with trailer and 109 I would guess there should be at about 250kg to 300kg on the ball. When I had my D1 and was unsure, I would assume that if the back of the D1 sat down by about 2" (same as 3 fat blokes on the back seat) it would be OK - not sure what an Iveco would sit like.

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    Thanks fellas, some good thoughts there.

    Being a 109 Trayback I think most of the weight will be forward of the trailer axles but the overhang will be an issue I had not considered . It will be over the allowed amount by about 200mm

    I'll think I can alter the front of the trailer so that I can move the whole lot forward by the same amount, I'll be happier to have more weight forward too. I'll just have to carry the spare in the truck.

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    Would putting it on backwards make any difference or would the weight be too far to the rear?
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    In NSW a trailer used to have to be registered specifically as a car trailer, not just be registered to carry the weight but I don't know if the rule is current.
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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    Would putting it on backwards make any difference or would the weight be too far to the rear?
    Yes most likely the weight will be too far rearward, but the other issue there is the rear of the tray will be too close to the back of the truck making turning corners a problem, especially reversing.

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    The front of your trailer is open? Could you tack weld or clamp on a length or 2 of 50x100 RHS across the front on top of the A frame to allow the front axle to come a bit further forward? (Removing the spare tyre of course.)
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