doughie
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 06:01 PM |
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towing a car...
any info about non trailer towing of cars any one
would like a car trailer ta assist my build but storage is a prob
can you use fixed bars so to the car on all four wheels (without tax etc)
what about the trailors that lift the front two wheels??
any advice as always greatly appreciated
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JoelP
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 06:03 PM |
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cant remember the details exactly, but i believe that if any wheels are on the ground then the car needs to be road legal, ie insured too. ISTR that
dollies arent legal except for recovery to a safe place? Might be wrong there though, that might be A frames.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 06:03 PM |
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YOu coul get a "dolly" this picks up the front (or rear) wheels.
Another option would be an A bar that attaches to the kit car. But you have to wtach with towing weights and braked / unbraked trailer weights.
Or but a car trailer.
Or rent a car trailer
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 06:13 PM |
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Towing a car
cant remember the details exactly, but i believe that if any wheels are on the ground then the car needs to be road legal, ie insured too. ISTR that
dollies arent legal except for recovery to a safe place? Might be wrong there though, that might be A frames.
You are absolutely right that the car must be road legal if the wheels are on the ground. I believe you are also right about dollies and A frames
being only legal for recovery. However, I have seen many instances where cars are towed behind motor-homes etc and they seem to get away with it.
John
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doughie
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 06:54 PM |
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ta, looks like a trailer will be needed...
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jambo
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 08:27 PM |
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a frames and dollies are illegal,only to be used to assist to a safe place.
reason being they are not braked.
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paulf
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 08:50 PM |
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Ive thought abput this also , if the only reason they are illegal is because they are not braked then if towing a car weighing less than 750kg they
should be legal as the legal towing weight for an unbraked trailer is 750kgs.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by jambo
a frames and dollies are illegal,only to be used to assist to a safe place.
reason being they are not braked.
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zetec
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 10:50 PM |
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As said if under 750kg should be legal. That said the dolly would need to be very light to get the whole rig under 750kg.
You can hire a trailer for £30-£40 so unless you are using it a lot it could work out better to just hire one.
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owelly
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| posted on 20/6/06 at 11:29 PM |
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As others have said, dollies and A-frames are for emergency recovery only.
Cars towed behind motorhomes SHOULD have a cable attached from the overun coupling to the brake pedal and fastened with a clevis pin.
I'm pretty certain the sub 750kg unbraked rule doen't apply to 'steered' trailers, which is what a car becomes if it is towed
via an A-frame.
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