Trailer or Dolly?

[leemarkadams]

Hello all, the wife may have relented and let me get a BEC so I can use it on trackdays and the odd weekend blasts. If I was to do trackdays it would involve a bit of travelling so can a dolly be used to transport a BEC easily enough, so at least the journey to the track could be in relative comfort?

Thanks

Lee

[Corpulent Tosser]

My understanding is that a dolly would effectively make the towed car a trailer, any trailer over 750Kg requires brakes, so if the combined weight of car and dolly is under 750Kg, which with a BEC it probably would be then you are OK. Otherwise you need to use some method of operating brakes on the car and dolly.

The exception is when recovering a broken down vehicle.

That is my understanding but you should check it out properly.

[oakdale]

Corpulent Tosser said:

My understanding is that a dolly would effectively make the towed car a trailer, any trailer over 750Kg requires brakes, so if the combined weight of car and dolly is under 750Kg, which with a BEC it probably would be then you are OK. Otherwise you need to use some method of operating brakes on the car and dolly.

The exception is when recovering a broken down vehicle.

That is my understanding but you should check it out properly.

The above is correct.

[JRM Rossi]

I will second that (im in the recovery game)

[jhfozzy]

The NTTA said:

An A-frame or dolly can only be used to recover a broken down vehicle to a place of safety. Transporting a car is, therefore, illegal. A-frames may be offered with a braking system that applies the car's brakes. These do not conform to the law as the car then becomes a "braked trailer" and has to conform to European Directives contained within the Construction and Use Regulations. It does not conform to the European Directive 71/320/EEC and amendments regarding braking requirements in any way. The use of this A-frame for transportation is illegal. It is still OK for use to recover a vehicle to a place of safety.

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