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General => Shows, events, track days, motorsport => Topic started by: Lee_dub on 20 March 2008, 10:35

Title: Car Trailers
Post by: Lee_dub on 20 March 2008, 10:35

Where is the best place to get them from and how much should I pay?

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: topher on 20 March 2008, 10:37

good place to start !

http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/list.asp?s=734

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: Lee_dub on 21 March 2008, 15:36

Dam there alot more expensive than I thought!  Was flirting with the idea of making my MK2 8v a track slag but dont think ill bother now.....

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: leeroy20vt on 21 March 2008, 20:16

i picked up a old transit recovery truck for less than some of those lol which is ideal for wat i want

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: johnsgti on 23 March 2008, 16:04

Proberly the wrong time of year to be looking for a trailer mate, i bought an early Brian James trailer in October last year for 700 pounds. :smiley:

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: Lee_dub on 23 March 2008, 16:35

700 quid? thats not too bad I suppose.  whys it the wrong time? because its the start of the motorsport season?

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: johnsgti on 23 March 2008, 18:11

Yes, as when i started looking at the start of last year the prices were silly, i even gave up on the idea of trailering my golf to and from the track. Still kept me eye out and at the end of last season i found my one. Twin axle/braked and its about 12 yrs old.

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: oakgreengolf on 19 April 2008, 16:58

get one of these legal on the motorway too. car doesnt need t&t :smiley:

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: oakgreengolf on 19 April 2008, 17:00

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-RECOVERY-A-FRAME-TOWING-DOLLY-TRAILER-2-5-Tons_W0QQitemZ150236334766QQihZ005QQcategoryZ82529QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

oh yea heres the link

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: topher on 19 April 2008, 17:11

those are only legal for recovery, not transportation

Title: Re: Car Trailers
Post by: Paul86S2 on 20 April 2008, 16:31

Quote from: oakgreengolf on 19 April 2008, 16:58

get one of these legal on the motorway too. car doesnt need t&t :smiley:

Apparently they are not legal on the motorway. If you are towing anything over 750kg it needs to have working brakes linked to the towing vehicles. (hitch activated etc)
You can use them to recover a car to a safe location but no further.
Also if a motor vehicle being towed has any wheels touching the ground it needs to be taxed, mot'd and insured, unless you are towing it to a pre booked mot.

Cheers

Paul