Cheap Trailor ?

[Davey]

Sorry but a car on a dolly does not become a trailer and even if the dolly wheels are braked the car's wheels touching the road won't be so it doesn't comply with trailer law. A towing dolly is ONLY legal for recovery from a breakdown or accident to a place of safety and then it is limited to 30mph on single carriageways and 40mph on dual carriageways or motorways. I've researched this lot quite extensively in the past due to lots of motorhomers towing cars behind on A frames which by the way don't co0mply with trailer law either.

The answer to getting your car to IVA is to drive it, trailer it or transport on a flatbed/recovery type truck.

D.

[SeriesLandy]

Assuming your going to Southampton for iva it's about an hour run maximum providing you don't break down, a bit longer if you don't go on the motorway.

[baz-r]

im sure its to do with total mam's when it comes to towing on an later type licence (what i have)
total mam of car and of trailer must be less than 3500kg (mam= maximum alowable mass)
i asked a traffic copper about it and he said i could not tow a trailer! then i showed him the back of my licence but no one has been able to give me a stright answer and some trailers dont have marking so what happens then?

good thing is i can tow a trailer of any size with a motor bike or trike after i passed my bike test

[baz-r]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...es/DG_10013073

[baz-r]

http://www.iwt.co.uk/1769.file.dld

[twinturbo]

It's no wonder there is so much confusion, my previous quote was also from a page on the gov.uk website about towing..

So.. The maximu trailer weight a class B can actualy pull is 1750KG, so long as the car they have is exactly 1750KG too.

TT

[shh120m]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

If the combined trailer + load is under 750KG then it can be unbraked and used over any distance, if over then it must be braked. Good dollys are braked and suitable for long distance towing. Generally dollies are misused.

Rember also that if you passed your test after Jan 1997, you can't tow anything over 750KG without doing a trailer test.

TT

Unless your towing it with a tractor
It makes me laugh, i used to tow 40 ton loads of timber with a unimog at the age of 16 yet i had to do a trailer test to tow a 1 ton chipper behing a transit!

[Ashtonr]

Guess I need a trailor then, that will be harder to build has anyone made one ?
I dont want to drive the car to IVA as it will imit the amount of tools etc I can take if I need to make last minute adjustments etc

[Bonzo]

It's not really a big deal making a trailer but it will cost a fair bit.

The trailer will most likely need to be braked ( 750k max unbraked including the trailers weight ), new braked hitches & suspension units are very expensive.

A lot of folk have made very good use of an old caravan chassis to build a car trailer, these can be found quite cheaply sometimes

The reason I have not built a car trailer is because I will have nowhere to keep it once made

If I really need a trailor, I can hire one localy & reasonably cheaply.

Still use my A frame to drag scrappers to the breakers & will continue to do so till I get busted.
Been seen by the old bill loads of times, not had a pull yet !!

[davedew]

I to am going to have to hire a trailer to get car to rolling road and IVA. You can hire a trailer here for £30 for 2 days. Never worth the hassle / expense of building one for that much.