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winchman:

--- Quote from: discowoman on January 30, 2009, 09:18:26 ---
--- Quote from: JumboBeef on January 30, 2009, 09:09:49 ---So all those motorhomes towing small cars behind them are illegal then?   Interesting :-k

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NO - as they are below the 750kg limit (fiat 126 and cincequento thingies) also a few companies do a brake hook up conversion (read camping and caravanning - they advertise in the back)

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Sorry the car then becomes a trailer and if it has brakes they must work at the correct designed efficiency regardless of weight

mr freebie:
thanks very much fo the replys, i've been convinced so i've arranged to borrow a large trailer, cant be doing with the worry or the agro, you know the plod aint got anything better to do than bug the motorist, cheers all.

hobbit:
You could try A-frame with a driver behind the wheel of the towed car, as that would circumvent the braking problem

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: hobbit on January 30, 2009, 19:43:31 ---You could try A-frame with a driver behind the wheel of the towed car, as that would circumvent the braking problem

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Hmmm... not sure about that either. If (and I use it as a big 'if') an A frame drawn car is defined as a trailer, I don't think you are meant to have passengers in a trailer!

As the man says...... use a car transporter. It's a lot safer all round anyway. That's why the laws exist limiting the use of A-frames. A trailer is designed to be towed. A car isn't.

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: JumboBeef on January 30, 2009, 09:09:49 ---So all those motorhomes towing small cars behind them are illegal then?   Interesting :-k

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Yes they are.  The ONLY way round the law is if the towed car has a MAM below 750kg, not unladen weight.  You cannot use the car's service brakes as they don't meet the C&U regs for trailer brakes, not least because they can't auto reverse.

The law also states that if the car has any wheels on the road it must be taxed, MOT'd and insured, so towing dollys are also illegal unless they have brakes on them like the AA ones and the car being recovered was legal before it broke down.

If in doubt the only safe answer is a trailer.

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