Ron Earlier this year, Southern Cross and Bathurst Clubs both went through similar turmoil with our DG-1000 and DG-505 trailers respectively.
At the time, David Harkness was the Manager, road user protection and investigation of the RTA. As supplied, our Komet trailer had an overhang of 5300 mm and the width was just over 2000 mm. They insisted of an overhang of no more than 5000mm and width of 2000mm, so we moved the axle back a bit, which increased towbar loading slightly, but not too badly. I'm not sure what we did about the width of it all, or whether they eventually relented and let us get it through as-is. Tom Gilbert did the mods for Bathurst's trailer, and we got an ex-member's father who is a mechanic to fix ours up. At the time, Vicroads seemed to be the most visible leader of the state roads authorities, and their glider trailer exemptions seemed to be the way other states were going. The Vicroads brochure http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrpdf/trum/tr1998002.pdf) was the only publication I've seen that explains glider trailer issues. NSW were being brought in line with the other states. The approval that is granted is similar to Vicroads in that a copy of the approval is to be carried by the driver and presented to the relevent authorities on demand. Good luck with it all. It's not what I'd call fun ! Jason Armistead Southern Cross Gliding Club On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:39:27 +1100, Ron Sanders wrote > Can some one put me straight about the changes that the GFA sought > and I thought achieved, regarding unified and sensible trailer registration > requirements?? > > I am having trouble registering my Nimbus 3DM trailer in NSW re > width and overhang. Ron Sanders > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
