Yes the few videos on making a ramp truck I saw on KZfaq are UK ones, where the Transit is most prolific.

Yes - I cover the NSW seat removal legal requirements in the next video. You guys always keep me on my toes!

Having a one piece flip up front end on my EG Civic Sports Sedan allows me to pop it partly open and get all the ground clearance any loading situation requires. My rear splitter never scrapes because under the SS rules it cannot go below floor height, so I have 75mm clearance there. But even if it DID scrape on loading I made it a clip in part held in with three bonnet pins, so it's super easy to remove & replace - although I haven't needed to actually do that yet.

Yes, we have similar rules here in Oz. Although my car transporter with a fully loaded trailer can tow up to 7,000kg you need a heavy vehicle licence once you get over 4,500kg. Thankfully however the total load of my son's race car, trailer and my own car on the truck will be under 4,500kg. So all good for our lightweight cars.

people rent large uhaul/rental tucks all the time that far exceed the 11k when loaded in the US without anything other than a class C license. look up the dry weight of a 28ft truck.

@@OndreaS123 Youhaul and the entire home moving rental industry kind of got grandfathered when they changed the law, the same goes for anyone driving a class A motor home. Technically, you should get the chauffer's endorsement if you own one, but most of the time the cops don't care about it. Car hauler's of any type they automatically suspect it, because so many small operator's try to get away without any of the proper documentation and insurance by claiming that it's personal use. One car on a trailer, no one is likely to hassle you, same for a ramp truck. More than one, you start getting attention.

Yeah, it's crazy how stupid & varied road rules are around the world. We Aussies watch you guys build insane cars & get them on the road, whereas most "modifications" (like just putting on a pod filter), are banned. All serious car mods have to be passed by strict engineers, so making a ratrod for example, is out of the question. But some countries are even worse. In Europe there are some that ban the use of ANY second-hand car parts - so there are no "wrecking yards". All "replacement" parts require a receipt. They have just applied this even to box trailers in Oz. You cannot get an old (or even new), one registered. You must have receipts for NEW axles, hubs, wheels, tyres, coupling, etc. It is the governments INTENT to outlaw old or home made trailers, leaving you with the ONLY option of buying a commercially manufactured one less than 5 years old. They didn't announce it publicly, you just find out when they knock you back trying to register one AFTER you have built it!

@@BillsBuildandRace I can’t say had any of those issues in QLD- thank goodness. Pod filters have to be secured and I believe in an enclosure. As for the trailer stuff- maybe down there? Never had an issue up here. Anything under 750kg is really simple and easy. Anything braked requires a ‘roadworthy’. I won’t get to find out with my next one either- it’s for baby tinnie and has new axle/bearings.

What do you base that upon?

@@BillsBuildandRace according to the rta, your tare is 2750 and gvm is 4250. That tare seems light and might have been without monster toolboxes

@@chuxshed587 Two of the toolboxes are going, as is a heavy long distance steel fuel tank built into the hoop behind the cab. When being used as a car transporter the truck will also not have it's metal tray sides on it. I also will add virtually no weight to the tray with the modifications I am now planning, which will be different to what I have talked about so far in this first video. So my finished flat bed will actually be significantly lighter than what was on the truck in it's conventional setup. My race car weighs only 960kg too btw.... so I am gonna be MILES away from 4250!