15-cwt GS trailer saved from scrapyard

[Grant Bowker]

As part of the process to register the trailer for road use (trying to be legal and register promptly rather than waiting for work to be completed) the trailer was taken to a local weigh scale to be weighed (Ontario wants a statement of weight if 900kg or over for a manufactured trailer or for any "homebuilt" trailer). I was expecting the empty trailer to be close to 900kg and that is what the scale said.
I had decided to use the original tires and as we set out, it became clear that one was severely flat spotted from sitting. 20km/hr to limit the bouncing, shaking and wobbling. The attached photo is the result of 14 km at the low speed without load. I had been planning to replace the tires, now I won't have a choice.