BigJimnyMeet (North) 2024 (12 Jan 2024)
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is this true as i never new this
- nicho
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this might be of use to a few people i thought ud have to be taxed motd n insured so never looked into it
Hi All, I dont believe you would need to have it taxed or insured to tow it it on a a-bar or dolly, however you would need a specialist dolly or towing bar that is equipped to use the brakes on the vehicle you are towing. Ie the law states anything over 750kg now has to be braked, so if towing the Jimny you would need a specialist towing dolly hooked up to the brakes.
o yeah im not douting this at all or anything.
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A frames are for recovery only.
Safest to get a car trailer and have all 4 vehicle wheels off the road.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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nicho wrote: this must mean that loads of big campers are towing illegally ive seen a lot with fiat 500s
Correct
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Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
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Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
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That was my original post, there are a lot of motor homes breaking the law, however many have the braking a bars as seen in this attachement, some how they attach to the vehicle that you are towing's breaking system so that they brake like a towing trailer.
www.armitagetrailers.com/Aframes.htm
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supergaz wrote: Also you have to be careful to have the B+E entitlement on your licence to tow if towing heavy combinations. I'm having to be careful this weekend to keep my trainweight on my van under 6000kg as the van is currently fully loaded at 3500kg with me in it and I shall be towing a big tri axle 3500kg trailer with a big old volvo on the back.
Doesn't this depend solely on what is stamped on the 'plates?
If the plated GVW of the van is 3500kg and the plated GVW of the trailer is 3500kg, then the trainweight is 7000kg whether there is only a packet of tissues in an empty van and an empty trailer, or the van is full of bricks and there is a LandRover on the trailer (unless I misunderstand the Law)
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phippj1 wrote:
www.armitagetrailers.com/Aframes.htm
Interesting, presumably these are made to comply with the relevant Euro regs to be legal, generally available info suggests that the braked A frames aren't.
Certainly don't buy a car that has been towed on one of these, what will be the signs left on the car that one of these has been fitted? How does it work the brakes?
(we debated this a while ago, general consensus is that towing in neutral the layshaft is stationary so oil doesn't get flung round the gearbox to lubricate the bearings inside the gears that are now stationary on the rotating mainshaft, unless the gearbox has an oilpump driven by the output shaft)
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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But unless you have a type approved unit that would stand up to insurance/police/vosa/courts questioning then I`d suggest you use a trailer
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