Crazy isn`t it.
I can carry 10tons of concrete in the back of the T and call it ballast, to aid traction.
If i carry something more interesting but ultimately less useful than the said concrete it becomes laden.
My plan was a flat trailer with a living box on the front and a land rover on the back, so from the inputs in this thread it would appear as i thought that it would need testing. i just wondered if there were any "exemptions" from this.
Given the cost of the trailer, the fact that it may need some work for the test and that it would only be used for shows, not hire and reward, it would probably be cheaper to get someone to drive the land rover and leave the living van on its present trailer.
Incidentally my present insurance does cover the living van as they consider it to be used unladen.
It`s only on an arrows 1 3/4 tonne trailer anyway.
I haven`t got anything against Mot/vosa testing but whereas testers used to be fair to the old vehicles and cut us a bit of slack now they seem computer controlled and can`t differentiate between a hobby vehicle and a daily haulage vehicle and i know of some people who struggle to get a vehicle which they know is safe in their hands, through the test.