towing a car on an a-frame dolly...
19-07-2005 | 04:57 PM
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towing a car on an a-frame dolly...
Does the car have to be taxed, MOT'd and insured?
19-07-2005 | 04:59 PM
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19-07-2005 | 04:59 PM
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19-07-2005 | 05:01 PM
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It has to be taxed!!
Two wheels are on the ground therefore it must have road tax as far as I know.
19-07-2005 | 05:44 PM
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Nah, you don't need tax, if you get pulled over, tell them its a trailer or your new caravan
19-07-2005 | 05:54 PM
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You do need tax if any wheel is in contact with the road according to Wiltshire Police as I asked them the same question last month and had to get a trailer
19-07-2005 | 08:46 PM
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LOL Paddy
any other answers? LOL
19-07-2005 | 09:35 PM
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Just spoke to north yorkshire police and aslong as 2 wheels are off the ground its classed as a trailer
19-07-2005 | 10:08 PM
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From: wilts
we dolly my racecar everywhere never had any grief from police yet had it year or so now and rs turbo has'nt been taxed for years
20-07-2005 | 09:19 AM
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cheers guys
means i dont have to tax the track car then
20-07-2005 | 10:02 AM
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Which are you asking about, an A frame or a Dolly?
A frame = needs tax
Dolly = doesnt need tax
20-07-2005 | 10:07 AM
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bummer... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... i thought an a frame was a dolly
20-07-2005 | 10:21 AM
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No, and A frame still sits the car on all four wheels, a dolly has its own wheels and the front (or back) of the car is lifted up onto it.
Ive used both on my trackcar with no tax TBH, but on the A frame strictly speaking i was breaking the law when i did so!
20-07-2005 | 10:22 AM
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i'll be getting a dolly then!
20-07-2005 | 01:05 PM
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I thought it went something along the lines of, no insurance and tax needed if the driven wheel(s) are 30cm off the ground.
Thats what a copper told us years ago when he was bollickin us as a kid.
After that i used to push my track bike to and from home in a wheel barrow!
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