The Baron
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| posted on 27/5/07 at 06:47 AM |
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Car Dolly Towing Plans.
The car is almost finished, I have even made a visit to my local SVA station and meet the test, a very helpful chap!
So my next saturday morning project is a towing dolly ( i've always had a need for one). I want to make the sort of one that lifts the fron
wheels off the road.
Does any one know of, or have a set of basic free plans?
Cheers in advance,
The Baron
[Edited on 27/5/07 by The Baron]
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zetec
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| posted on 27/5/07 at 06:54 AM |
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The idea of a dolly has been talked about before. The problem is they are not legal for use other than for recovering a car in an emergency to a safe
place. The problem is that any trailer having an all up weight ( car+trailer in this case) of 750KG or more must have automatic brakes on all
wheels...Unless you car is very light this is almost impossible.
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rav
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| posted on 27/5/07 at 08:27 AM |
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Aren't most car engined locosts around 650kg ish?
Leaving you with 100kg for the dolly before you're over the 750kg and require brakes...
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balidey
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| posted on 27/5/07 at 09:53 AM |
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I can thoroughly recomend one of these...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PROFESSIONAL-A-FRAME-ONE-MAN-TOW-DOLLY_W0QQitemZ250120499981QQihZ015QQcategoryZ82529QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thet don't lift the front wheels up, but are east to use, compact when not used.
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