ShandzS1

Dont have room for a car trailer, so looking into A-frame towing frames and car dollys.
Whats best and anyone had good/bad experiences with these??

studabear

how often is it going to be used and over what distances? What vehicle towing and being towed?

taz1787

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the only one thats insurance approved in the event of an accident is intertrade ones

any other would not be approved in the event of when you where towing and say had an accident even ifs it wasn't your fault same company that the rac, aa, etc use for that very reason

not cheap about Ł300 last time i looked at them

hope this helps alain

Chip

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The problem with dollys tends to be very small wheels, which means the bearings are forever dieing if you tow them fast.

A frame is illegal other than for recovery use unless you rig up the brakes on the towed car to work I beleive, due to the 750kg braked trailer law.

Trailer laws are a bit of a nightmare though, even the traffic police dont seem to knw them half the time!

Alistair Olsen on here is a good person to drop a PM for advice, he's something of a walking reference on trailer laws!

taz1787

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chip the intertrade ones do a 3500kg braked version

and a 2500kg non braked version

ShandzS1

Mostly a 20-30 mile radius of my location, and usualy just cars, prob nothing over 1600kg.
Looked at car dollys and i dont like the look of the little wheels, so thought an A-frame would be best....?

mcst

Chips right A frames are illegal unless for recovery. You'll hear loads of misleading stories but they do fall under the trailer laws.
IIRC even if you do have a way of fitting a system to operate the brakes on overrun it won't be approved.
The ones that are approved are pricey as said above.
Plenty of people will say that they have towed on A frames for miles and loads of times but it doesn't mean you should! Your average copper may not be in the know about towing laws but VOSA are the people to worry about.

ShandzS1

So an intertarde one, with brakes would be the one to get???

DanW@FastFord

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I could be wrong, but doesn't the towed car also have to be insured, as it's technically being 'driven' on the road too if it's on an A-frame?

Less.

I had a towing dolly was fine until the wheel came off and bounced down the road

Kieron

I have a towing dolly and as said the bearings are shot! Its also a pain to get cars on and off if they aren't driving and frankly I try not to use it. Plus its illegal as its not braked.

To be honest its not really worth having!

C4llyT

Yep that 750 kg's is MGW, only one or two cars that fall into that catagory.

foreigneRS

hire a trailer or transporter if it's only an odd occassion?