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Re: towing omega
« Reply #15 on: 07 October 2009, 21:59:12 »
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auto, so will have to disconnect the driveshaft union... would it be legal to drive so far on a ridged towing bar?

Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

That must be the understatement of the year!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

Anyone know of a friendly gorilla?? :-/ :-/ :D :D :D ;)
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #16 on: 07 October 2009, 21:59:13 »
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auto, so will have to disconnect the driveshaft union... would it be legal to drive so far on a ridged towing bar?

Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

I was thinking one of my experienced colleagues in the front and me in the towed car :y

This could be a nice little fixer uper for me :y
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #17 on: 07 October 2009, 21:59:46 »
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auto, so will have to disconnect the driveshaft union... would it be legal to drive so far on a ridged towing bar?

Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

That must be the understatement of the year!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

You've never seen my guns though have you LZ?   ;)
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« Reply #18 on: 07 October 2009, 22:01:31 »
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auto, so will have to disconnect the driveshaft union... would it be legal to drive so far on a ridged towing bar?

Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

That must be the understatement of the year!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

You've never seen my guns though have you LZ?   ;)


Nope! :o :o :o  But I'm hoping to now Guffer!! :-* :-* 8-) 8-) ;D ;D ;)
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #19 on: 07 October 2009, 22:02:50 »
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Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

My 'sprung' rigid bar just folded up at a junction. The T junction dipped slightly as we approached the main road and as the towed Astra was braking, but obvioulsy using the bar to to stop too, the bar just bent UPwards rather than compress. The home made version with continued with the following day was fantastic - inch & 1/2 box section from the towbar to the front towing point.  :y  :y  :y
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #20 on: 07 October 2009, 22:04:21 »
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auto, so will have to disconnect the driveshaft union... would it be legal to drive so far on a ridged towing bar?

Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

That must be the understatement of the year!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

You've never seen my guns though have you LZ?   ;)


Nope! :o :o :o  But I'm hoping to now Guffer!! :-* :-* 8-) 8-) ;D ;D ;)

Lets hope Mrs Guffer doesn't change her lifelong promise of never coming on here!  :y  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #21 on: 07 October 2009, 22:07:35 »
I did North yorkshire to Somerset on a fixed bar and all was fine. If you have a towbar with socket then get yourself a light board and put it on the rear of the towed car and plug that in just incase it has a dead battery :y
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #22 on: 07 October 2009, 22:21:38 »
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If you have a towbar with socket then get yourself a light board and put it on the rear of the towed car and plug that in  ......

That's how my Astra was brought back
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #23 on: 08 October 2009, 14:36:05 »
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A) is it legal to tow an omega with another omega using an A frame, and,

B) if yes, does anyone have one I can borrow ::)


Hire a dolly.the one the front wheel of the towed car wheels are off the ground.Hire is about £20 per day but don't forget a light board
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« Reply #24 on: 08 October 2009, 15:14:56 »
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Yep, towed 100+ miles before on a rigid bar (and a machine mart one at that) which is no problem as long as the person in the rear car is good at towing (and uses the brake!).

You need somebody strong in the car as the steering is heavy

My 'sprung' rigid bar just folded up at a junction. The T junction dipped slightly as we approached the main road and as the towed Astra was braking, but obvioulsy using the bar to to stop too, the bar just bent UPwards rather than compress. The home made version with continued with the following day was fantastic - inch & 1/2 box section from the towbar to the front towing point.  :y  :y  :y

At no point under towing should the bar be used to stop the car behind....if the tow person is any good, then the car in front should not have to use its brakes!
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #25 on: 08 October 2009, 15:33:17 »
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If you have not yet been put off Guffer, watch this:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-xnw568hNo[/media]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)


He was towing far too fast and wasn't paying any attention to what was happening behind him. Also did the steering lock come on? Trying to work out why they were struggling.
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #26 on: 08 October 2009, 17:58:52 »
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At no point under towing should the bar be used to stop the car behind....if the tow person is any good, then the car in front should not have to use its brakes!

Fine in theory, but a none assisted Astra's brakes are hard enough to stop itself let alone the Omega up front, anyway there was a spring/damper in the bar that should have compressed first before the bar bent.  ;)
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« Reply #27 on: 08 October 2009, 18:04:58 »
I don't know about the legalities, but I did this a couple of months ago. I towed a CDX V6 Auto Saloon with my CD V6 Auto estate to the scrapyard. The all up weight of both vehicles was about 3800KG IIRC, which included 2 passengers, the weight of the A frame etc. They then weigh you on the way out and deduct the weights to find out the weight of the scrapped vehicle.

Contact Mutant Cav as it was his frame, although it was damaged and I don't know if he has got it fixed as yet.

HTH .......... Rob
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #28 on: 08 October 2009, 19:50:09 »
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Bristol to Camberley
That's a fair old distance, and you won't be doing it (legally) on the motorway if you have to use a stiff bar.
AS far as i know... using a rigid tow bar(sprung or not) there is no limit to the distance you can tow motorway or other however it is not recommended due to needeing some one else in the towed car
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Re: towing omega
« Reply #29 on: 08 October 2009, 20:31:54 »
Ok, it is legal to tow with a dolly?  Does it have to be braked?
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