Mark_

can anyone shed any light on the laws with towing dolleys.

basicly i have a car with no tax or mot that i need to move. i have access to a dolly so the 2 front wheels will be off the ground.

ive been informed that if all 4 wheels are in contact with the road its illegal and ill be done for no tax, insurance and mot but if i use the dolly with 2 wheels off the ground that then becomes legal, is this right?

i need the facts please guys, not hear say.

thanks

Tim

iTrader: (1)

dollies are illegal end off unless they are towed buy a 7.5 kw truck etc

Mark_

ok cheers, that puts that idea out the window

Chris S

How does that work then as the rac transits arnt 7.5 tonners

RUPERT THE BIG HAIRY BEAR

chris is right neither are aa vans and we tow landies on dollies with astra vans and allsorts but i dont acctually now the laws we just do it lol and u will need a trailer licence depending on when you past ur test

Dan1281

this is what you need to know, basically, a loaded dolly is a trailer

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

TT300

So am i right in thinking if my track car weighs under 750kg ill be ok to tow it on an A frame if i passed my test after 1997?

Madbradz

oops...

I towed a MGTF with a MG ZT from Edinbourgh to Milton Keynes..... on a dolly off ebay!

Dan1281

apparently say you have a land rover that weighs 1.75t then you could tow 1.75t even if you passed after 97, this is becauase the MAM of both things weighs less than the mgw of the towing vehicle but the trailer cannot wiegh more than the vehicle towing it

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

aa and rac can use them, as they are RECOVERY ONLY

i wanted touse one, b ut couldnt

UNLESS

my 205 weights less than 750kg's

mcst

Basically yes. Provided that the train weight doesn't exceed the MAM of the tow vehicle and doesn't exceed 3.5t. Remember that the weights include the driver, luggage, passengers, fuel etc..

Dollies and A frames are only intended for recovery. IMO people are taking a big risk by towing in this way for any other reason.
Just because it can tow like it doesn't mean its a good idea, many have no means of operating the towed cars brakes, effectively you're trying to stop up to and over double the tow cars weight and this can quadruple the the braking distance.

All this was covered very recently, if you search in GD theres a thread i posted in and theres some links in it too iirc.