How old is my SANKEY

[w3526602]

Hi,

 

My Sankey has been striped of every braking comonent, so is resticted to 750kg. I also made a new box to carry a double bed to France. Mistake! It seems that trailers over 1300mm wide require a rear fog lamp.

 

I have a 1990 edition of the Indespension catalogue that says its only trailers built built after 1979 that need this lamp. Although other sources say ALL trailers over 1300mm wide. ????? I'm hoping that they didn't make this law retrospective, and anyway, my 1960 Land Rover is not wired for a rear fog lamp.

 

The trailer chassis number is 1530, and originally had a 6ft x 4ft box without a tail gate. This was so they could float....and also store rainwater and rust away. The manufacturer was Rootes Pressings (Scotland) who traded between 1967 and 1981, so there is a fair chance mine was pre-1979. Pretty please, can anyone tell me .......

 

1. The date of manufacture (or the last possible date it could have been made)?

 

2. Does it need a rear fog lamp? Only a niggling little thing, but I have to drag it 350 miles across France.....where Monsieur Plod knows where the nearest ATM is, and will escort you there to collect your fine.

 

HTH

 

602

[fv1609]

Can we have a picture? You know the Chassis No. So is there any other info like Contract No, FV No, etc & even the MOD plate showing which MOD Nos, have been struck through?

 

I sort of thought that a trailer only needed a rear foglight if the towing vehicle had one?

[w3526602]

Hi,

 

Thanks for reply.

 

I will try to work out how to post a picture, but as I said, I was born pre-WW2.....technowimp.

 

No plates on chassis, trailer has been built out of assorted parts.

 

Various sources say a rear fog lamp is mandatory on ANY trailer that is 1300mm wide.

 

1990 edition of INDESPENSION catologue says trailer manufactured after 01/10/1979 and first used after 01/04/1980 must have a fog lamp.

 

1994 edition of INDESPENSION catalogue just says trailers must have fog lamp.

 

Somewhere I have read that when a trailer is towed by a car too old to have a fog lamp, the trailer must have a fog lamp, but it need not work.

 

602

[schliesser92]

Solution - fit a foglamp to your trailer - and hope that it isn't foggy! You're right - French plods are a little finniky, but if they see a lamp (even if it's a dummy) they'll not bother you. Generally, not many traffic cops know all the laws, particularly in construction details. They're usually concerned with speeding and moving traffic violations.

In the mean time, start combing through the tons of British and EU legislation. The rules, I have found, contradict themselves. Alternatively, make sure that the max width of your trailer is 1299mm! (probably TOO late)