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Many thanks for the further advice, everyone. To answer the points raised:

a) Not absolutely certain, but I'm fairly sure the trailer's original (one previous owner and fits exactly) and thus, as it's unbraked, it would indicate the weight as below 750 kg = 1800 lbs. That said, I'm assuming the 750 kg rule was in effect in '89 !

b) The suspension units appear to be available in 50 kg steps, so I suppose if I go for 800 kg then this would be sufficient. Presumably if you go too high, the ride will become harder. We have a '55 Land Rover with an appalling ride, but load a few bags of cement or a pile of logs and it's like a Rolls-Royce !

c) I'll have a look at the tyres (ok, tires) but doubt if they show a weight rating.

d) Ah, the jets, Phil ! Much of Wales is an RAF low flying area. We're on a hillside too and just occasionally look down on them, they mostly come from RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey in the north. Always more activity when there's a crisis in the Middle East !

In the UK we have a curious mix of metric and imperial measures. We still have miles and more importantly pints of beer, but most food, building supplies etc. are in metric. But if you go to the builders' merchant, say for some planks, you still ask for 6 ft of 8" x 2" but what you actually get is 200 mm x 50 mm which is fractionally smaller in section. So with plumbing and pipe fittings there's a good market in adaptors to make, for example, your new 50mm pipe connect to the original 2". And farmland etc. is still sold in acres, whilst officialdom refers to hectares. Motors have always been measured in cc rather than cu ins, so that's not been a problem.