The legalities of welding/repairing trailers - to tow on the road

[PhillipM]

Even the new ones that require certs don't have to be welded by anyone certified or competent, just needs to look 'okay' to the guy IVA testing it over a terrible MS Team video call....

 

[Morris]

The (proposal of) banning welding on cars is a complete crock if you think about it.
Take my scabby old Sorento. It has rot in the bottom of one of the wings, just a couple of inches from the bottom. It will pass an MOT because it's non structural being a body on chassis construction. If I weld it up it would fail? That makes little sense to me.

 

[8ob]

There's a possibility that they could in the future insist on panel replacement rather than patches, cant see how this could be policed if everything is gagged in stone guard.

Bob

 

[smashweld]

correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there's even any legal requirements for opening a business, lets call it 'The Trailer Welding Company', anyone could do it, would be daft but you don't even need insurance if you're a sole trader

can't see 3.5t trailers having MOT's, and if they do it will surely have to be 'trailers manufactured from xx date'