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Girard Original – EU class O3 trailer with very high unladen weight: 7,000 kg gross weight, only 740 kg payload, built in 1968.
With a gross weight of 7,000 kg, the Girard Original falls into EU trailer class O3, between 3.5 and 10 tonnes. Built in 1968, it is one of the oldest vehicles in its weight class in the register.
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With an unladen weight of 6,260 kg, payload comes to only 740 kg – at 11.20 m long, 2.48 m wide and with a 6.70 m wheelbase, an exceptionally high unladen weight for its size that leaves little room for additional cargo. Such a distribution is typical of vehicles with a heavy, massively built chassis from that era, or of trailers that carry permanently fitted equipment rather than a changing load.
From this weight class upwards, class O3 trailers are generally fitted with air brakes rather than the simple overrun brake of light trailers. Towing it as a combination requires driving licence category C1E or CE in the EU, depending on the combined train weight.
For a chassis more than 55 years old, the substance of the frame takes centre stage: check the longitudinal beams and cross members for rust-through, especially at welds and axle mounts. Check axle bearings, brake linkage and brake drums for wear, check the lighting system for up-to-date retrofitting, and given the unusually low payload, establish what fixed equipment accounts for the high unladen weight and whether it is still complete and functional.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Girard Original, Zulassungsdaten RDW (Niederlande)
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