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4 landies:
does anybody know if I can tow my rangie on a two wheel dolly when it has no tax or MOT. unsure of regulations , if somebody could clarify for me would be appreciated

hobbit:
Dunno about the law side of it, but the rangy is a 4wd vehicle dont think a tow with two wheels off the deck would work some how

As a general rule though if you could ie by removing a prop shaft, I think they are meant for recovery or short distance work, I'm sure someone else can elaborate on the actuals, but I dragged my lightweight last year on it and not the best was feels a bit high up and unsteady

s.stirley:
You _can_ tow a vehicle with no tax or MoT on a dolly, it counts as a trailer. However this means it falls under C&U regs for trailers (decent tyres, repeater lights etc) and can only be up to 750Kg *unbraked*. This means that about the only thing you can tow on a dolly is something like my old mini cooper !

However it doesn't say how the brakes can be operated, so I believe that if you had a brake operator in the towed vehicle you should be legally towing the Rangy. You could of course tow with a bar or rope with someone in the towed vehicle, so long as it's not moving under its own power it doesn't need tax or MoT. However the rules on bar/rope towing have been tightened and you're strictly only supposed to do it for simple recovery - ie. to next junction or similar.

I'm sure you can 4-wheel tow any of the big 4wd Landies too, just pop the transfer box in neutral and nothing is connected anywhere.

HTH, Simon

hobbit:
The pop in to neutral on the transfer box dont work on the series that I do know, in fact it puts it into 4wd, but not tried it on a permanent 4wd ie rangy/disco/defender

Range Rover Blues:
The C&U regs DO cover brakes and no car brakes will comply with them so you cannot use a car's brakes as trailer brakes unless the car predated the 1986 C&U regs.  If you have a dolly with 1 pair of brakes rated at over 2 tonnes then you are fine, otherwise you are not.

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