Registering a vehicle as a Mobile Caravan WA

Davoe
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Davoe

When I went to get my coaster re registered as a mobile caravan I was told that as such there is no hard and fast rules. I was told by some that I needed a bed, a fridge and a stove. Others told me I needed a fridge, stove and a sink and yet others told me I needed a sink, a bed and a fridge lol.
In the end I hade a kitchen cupboard, the skeleton of the overhead cupboards and a bed.
When the inspector looked at it he said he would have to ring perth for some clarification. When he got off the phone he mumbled something along the lines of they were a bunch of D***heads. But they told him to licence it as a mobile caravan.
Where this leaves you Im not sure. I would sugest you find out who does the inspection and ask them directly as he will have the final say.

Good Luck

Peter
(in Bunbury)

Hi Davoe,
I looked into doing this in SA. They said I needed to have a bed permanently in there. I also would need to have it weighed when its totally packed with full tanks, for them to calculate the rego fee. Because of that they couldn't tell me how much I'd save. All got too hard for me, so I still pay the $850 per year as a commercial vehicle.

Cheers
phil

It needs to have sleeping accomodation and a proper seat with seat belt for each sleeping berth. It needs a left side opening door and if LPG is fitted it needs a current notice of compliance from a lic gas fitter plus all the safety stickers/warnings for each appliance fridge/stove , etc. The gas bottle must be stored and vented outside the vehicle body. Generally the vehicle must be fitted out so it can only be used for that purpose and you would need more than a camp stretcher chucked in the back of a panel van:-) If you have any more questions ring the DPI conatct centre 13 11 56 and ask to be put through to a vehicle examiner. They are very helpful and would rather tell you what the rules are before you present the vehicle for examination rather than after you have spent time and money carrying out modifications that may not comply which causes unecessary complications to both parties.