A-frame
- Thread starter robcoles
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Rob I made one, very simple design, I replaced the bottom arm bolts with some a little longer (remember they are imperial) made 2x brackets that went on the outside of the panel. In the picture you see it with a nut & bolt, but after I finished it I drilled a hole through the bolt & used the bolt, a couple of washers & a long R clip which made attaching a matter of seconds.
Came forward with some arms, put in some bracing, then ended up a a cheap trailer hitch.
I towed mine down to Stoneleigh when I first got it, to the SVA for it's test, never had an issue, I'd take actual pictures of it but I lent it to somebody to tow a buggy down from Scotland & that's the last I saw of it
Came forward with some arms, put in some bracing, then ended up a a cheap trailer hitch.
I towed mine down to Stoneleigh when I first got it, to the SVA for it's test, never had an issue, I'd take actual pictures of it but I lent it to somebody to tow a buggy down from Scotland & that's the last I saw of it
250buggys
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owelly":epdccjay said:
I've got an A-frame and a trailer, depends on if you get pulled or not. If you have an A-frame and you tell them you are recovering the buggy you should be ok
Otherwise use a trailer with a rating plate riveted on.
What did you get pulled for owelly? You have just made this post a little bit more interesting...
In brief:
I was towing a car with my van on an A-frame. The car was fully legal, taxed, tested and insured. I have all entitlements on my licence.
A traffic cop spotted me and pulled me over. I got done for no insurance because as I was in control of the towed vehicle, it needed to be insured as if I was driving it. I also got done for faulty brakes on the towed car as there was no way of them being operated.
A-frames are only legal for use to recover a broken down vehicle to a safe place only. And that really does mean, the first safe place. For example: you can use the A-frame to move a vehicle off a motorway but it must be the first junction and no further. You can use it to move a broken down vehicle away from a dangerous corner, but no further.
I went skipping into court with the DVLA Fact Sheet in my hand but got told that it was wrong. I got 6 points and a whopping fine.
I was towing a car with my van on an A-frame. The car was fully legal, taxed, tested and insured. I have all entitlements on my licence.
A traffic cop spotted me and pulled me over. I got done for no insurance because as I was in control of the towed vehicle, it needed to be insured as if I was driving it. I also got done for faulty brakes on the towed car as there was no way of them being operated.
A-frames are only legal for use to recover a broken down vehicle to a safe place only. And that really does mean, the first safe place. For example: you can use the A-frame to move a vehicle off a motorway but it must be the first junction and no further. You can use it to move a broken down vehicle away from a dangerous corner, but no further.
I went skipping into court with the DVLA Fact Sheet in my hand but got told that it was wrong. I got 6 points and a whopping fine.