The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: SteadyEdd on December 29, 2021, 08:51:19 am
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What's the legalitys of towing a quad trailer - trailer for pulling with the quad, not for carrying the quad :-) - on the road with my car? Specifically the need for a 'breakaway chain'. Lights, mudguards and number plate covered.
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Our garden trailer has tyres marked 'NOT FOR ROAD USE'. Every trailer we have towed with the car on the road has had a breakaway cable, so I think that is a legal requirement?
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Our garden trailer has tyres marked 'NOT FOR ROAD USE'. Every trailer we have towed with the car on the road has had a breakaway cable, so I think that is a legal requirement?
Unbraked trailers do not have a breakaway cable as the cable puts on the trailer brakes.
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Our garden trailer has tyres marked 'NOT FOR ROAD USE'. Every trailer we have towed with the car on the road has had a breakaway cable, so I think that is a legal requirement?
Unbraked trailers do not have a breakaway cable as the cable puts on the trailer brakes.
True! Our unbraked sheep trailer has a short, strong chain which loops over the tow hitch - in case of hitching failure, it would not part company with the towing vehicle. It's not proof against tow bar breakage of course.