Fitting a tow bar. (Need to read)

[Wozzaaah]

I wonder what his insurers would have to say about this if it was involved in an RTC!
Pulled over on the M1, apparently the car was already subject to a prohibition notice for having no tacho.

 

[Ton-up]

Not Saying its right, but if that's a Q7, cant they tow 3000 or 3500kgs?

 

[bricol]

Somehow, that nose weight looks rather more than 150 ish kg!

My single axle car transporter is 350kg unladen (from memory). A twin axle I borrow on occasion is over 500kg.

Brian James list a three axle transporter as around 900kg. Peugeot luton is around 2400kg empty.

Would be a fun tow on a windy day.

 

[Erie Fred]

I wonder what his insurers would have to say about this if it was involved in an RTC!
Pulled over on the M1, apparently the car was already subject to a prohibition notice for having no tacho.
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Straps over the wheels look slack.
I use transport chain on hard points, axles, tow hitch, front a-arms, etc.

 

[bert]

Not Saying its right, but if that's a Q7, cant they tow 3000 or 3500kgs?

3.5 ton with a max nose weight of 140kgs

 

[Mick Annick]

That van will be 3 tonnes empty, plus the trailer, definitely dodgy. Many years ago our parent company asked to borrow my weigh pads to check some transit caged tippers - 3200kg empty

 

[bricol]

It popped on my social media today - overweight, excessive tint, no tacho, no operators hours record - and the best one - vehicle already subject to prohibition by DVSA enforcement for no tacho.

 

[KimB]

Straps over the wheels look slack.
I use transport chain on hard points, axles, tow hitch, front a-arms, etc.

That's how most cars/vans get strapped in transport here, even on car transporter trucks.

 

[Mick Annick]

That's how most cars/vans get strapped in transport here, even on car transporter trucks.

Most manufacturers now stipulate it, and DVSA require four straps per vehicle if the last (or only) one on the back of a truck

 

[bricol]

As an impovrished student, when my Triumph engine ran several bearings on the M1 on the way back to uni on a sunday evening 35 yrs ago, I rented a trailer to tie on the back of a mates car that had a tow-bar . . . my car was securely held on the trailer by the winch cable . . . and gravity . . .

I own proper straps to tie things to my own trailer these days.

 

[Turbo]

That's how most cars/vans get strapped in transport here, even on car transporter trucks.

Its the proper way to secure a vehicle. If you strap to any other part apart from the axles the straps will loosen as the suspension bounces.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

As an impovrished student, when my Triumph engine ran several bearings on the M1 on the way back to uni on a sunday evening 35 yrs ago, I rented a trailer to tie on the back of a mates car that had a tow-bar . . . my car was securely held on the trailer by the winch cable . . . and gravity . . .

I own proper straps to tie things to my own trailer these days.

I remember our old fella doing something similar with our boat many moons ago as I was pecking his head about something as a kid and being distracting. I also remember his face when I looked back and gently pointed out the boat was in the middle of the road behind the tractor………

 

[KimB]

Its the proper way to secure a vehicle. If you strap to any other part apart from the axles the straps will loosen as the suspension bounces.

I know but there are another couple ways to secure by the wheels.

 

[Mick Annick]

I know but there are another couple ways to secure by the wheels.

You’re right, but not approved for transporting new cars.