[SteadyEdd]

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.

[chrismahon]

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?

[Buttermilk]

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.

[SallyintNorth]

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.