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Towing dolly - disco recovery - possible - Where from??? Derbyshire

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Wireless:
Using a dolly, braked or not, to move a disco is in effect towing two trailers, the second being over 750kgs and without brakes fitted that can be operated by the driver of the tow vehicle (illegal), and the combination subject to a 20mph speed restriction (40mph on Motorways), on top of that the towed vehicle has to be fully road legal; taxed, insured, MoT'd.

Such a combination travelling on a public highway screams to plod 'Stop me!'.

You can only use a towing dolly to rescue a vehicle to a place of safety in an emergency, NOT to tow a new purchase back home.

Tommo:
been through this with the motorhome crack and once you put an a frame on a car it becomes a trailer and has to conform to trailer rules so im guessing its the same for a dolly. the thing with dollys and a frames is even if the car weighs less than 750kg's its gross weight or whatever will be 3-400kgs more so no cars are legal really. but what i was saying with the dolly is if its braked then in effect you have a 2 axle triler with one braked axle.

Disco Matt:
There are some vehicles that are legal for A-framing IIRC - the Q-Pod for one but they are few and far between. Think those little French micro-cars are ok too but I'm not sure I'd want to use one of those after seeing some of the idiots on our roads!

Best advice there is just buy a smaller motorhome and find the places to park. My parents have a 22ft Hymer and don't seem to have any problems with it, most supermarkets don't mind so long as you park out of the way and you can usually find either a park and ride or a big enough car park near a city centre for it.

stuvy:
When i had my Ka i towed a Fiat Punto 40odd miles with no problems we even got up to 60 at one point!! :lipsrsealed:

redhand:

--- Quote from: stuvy on March 02, 2008, 00:26:58 ---When i had my Ka i towed a Fiat Punto 40odd miles with no problems we even got up to 60 at one point!! :lipsrsealed:

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When Hitler invaded The rest of europe he got all the way to Stalingrad without any problems, That's not a good reason for anyone else to copy him.

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