I love speed :-P
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 08:42 PM |
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Total trailer length
Hi,
I have looked on the world wide wait and i cant find anything and you lot know everything so what is the longest length you can tow (i.e. length of
car and trailer) if you past your test before 1997?
Thanks
Phil M
[Edited on 13/12/2006 by I love speed :-P]
Don't Steal
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 08:49 PM |
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Also i have been told to add, does it make a difference if its a motorhome?
Phil M
[Edited on 13/12/2006 by I love speed :-P]
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RazMan
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 08:58 PM |
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I have towed a 20ft trailer with a 20ft van without incident (legal or otherwise )
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 08:58 PM |
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Look on a camping forum.
It doesn't matter when you "pasted"  your test as the new laws cover everyone. There are some touring caravans, particularly
Hobby, the German ones, which fall foul of the law when towed on the road as they are too long and, when coupled with a vehicle heavy enough to tow
them legally, need a HGV licence. If it's a motorhome it's not a trailer, a caravan is still a trailer. It all changed when some idiot ran
onto a trainline while texting his bird with a car on a trailer behind a Disco. You can tow anything with anything till you get caught though
[Edited on 13/12/06 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 09:02 PM |
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Pasted your test to what?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Big Stu
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 09:15 PM |
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If you passed your test after 97 you are limited to 750Kg, unless you sit a trailer test, well thats what I have been told, maybe rubish.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 09:42 PM |
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There is a max combination length for goods vehicles i.e. artics and wagon and drags. I suspect that the van/trailer combination is more likely to be
regulated by the MAM of the combination.
I found this site which IMHO seems to suggest that the maximum combination length of vehicle and trailer is 18 metres.
Go to the third search down on this page.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=max+vehicle+combination+lengths+construction+and+use&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7Ccount
ryGB
[Edited on 13/12/06 by omega 24 v6]
[Edited on 13/12/06 by omega 24 v6]
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 10:15 PM |
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Glider trailers are long how do they get on??
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 13/12/06 at 10:24 PM |
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quote:
Glider trailers are long how do they get on??
They're site is quoting 18mtrs as well. That a hell of a length to control if it's of any kind of weight.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 14/12/06 at 10:15 AM |
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thanks everybody, i new you would have the answer
Thank you
Phil M
[Edited on 14/12/2006 by I love speed :-P]
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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Danozeman
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| posted on 14/12/06 at 10:57 AM |
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I once say a nissan micra towing a glider trailer. Madness................
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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