Interpretation ID: aiam2500
Director
Quality Control & Special Products
Birmingham Manufacturing Company
Inc.
P.O. Drawer 289
Springville
AL 35146;
Dear Mr. Berry: This responds to Birmingham Manufacturing Company's June 15, 1976 request to know the certification responsibilities of a manufacturer of low-bed trailers (of the removable goose-neck design) that provides the purchaser with the bed, suspension, and axle portions of the trailer without the gooseneck or the tires and rims. I apologize for our delay in answering.; The portion of the trailer you describe constitutes an 'incomplet vehicle' as that term is described in Part 568 of our regulations (Part 568 -- Vehicles Manufactured in Two or More Stages):; >>>S 568.3 *Definitions*. 'Incomplete vehicle' means an assemblage consisting, as a minimum, o frame and chassis structure, power train, steering system, suspension system, and brake system, to the extent that those systems are to be part of the completed vehicle, that requires further manufacturing operations, other than the addition of readily attachable components, such as mirrors or tire and rim assemblies, or minor finishing operations such as painting, to become a completed vehicle.; <<