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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #15 on: 20 August 2011, 19:25:33 »
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Guessing thats a No, has to be trailered?

It seems to depend on the copper.
I phoned our copshop spoke to the SGT as I was going to buy an A Frame., he told me as long as no one was in the towed car plus I had a light board in the rear window I would be fine. I did exactly that more times than I can remember with no issues at all from the Boys in Blue.

Which is exactly as I've towed vehicles on A frames.  :y
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #16 on: 20 August 2011, 20:45:13 »
Im pretty sure it has to have tax/insurance/mot and a lightboard if towed with an A frame. :-/
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #17 on: 20 August 2011, 20:46:51 »
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Im pretty sure it has to have tax/insurance/mot and a lightboard if towed with an A frame. :-/


I think it is a Grey Area Albs being honest. If you ask different people from different areas they have different answers from their Copshops..... :-?
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #18 on: 20 August 2011, 20:54:11 »
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Im pretty sure it has to have tax/insurance/mot and a lightboard if towed with an A frame. :-/
Yep, An A-frame attachment to any motor vehicle, legally can only be used to recover broken down vehicles to a place of safety, nothing else, and said vehicle must be roadworthy in the sense of having tax/mot/ins.

That doesn't include towing broken down vehicles from a place of safety.






















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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #19 on: 20 August 2011, 21:13:10 »
Just do what I did... that seems to overcome most problems.
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #20 on: 20 August 2011, 21:37:25 »
Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #21 on: 20 August 2011, 21:47:23 »
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Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
Can you drive at 50mph? :o
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« Reply #22 on: 20 August 2011, 21:48:36 »
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Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
.... to hire I mean.
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« Reply #23 on: 20 August 2011, 21:49:28 »
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Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
Can you drive at 50mph? :o
Never mind that... Will it stop?

Or is the trailer braked?
« Last Edit: 20 August 2011, 21:49:53 by chrisgixer »
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #24 on: 20 August 2011, 21:53:17 »
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Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
Can you drive at 50mph? :o
Never mind that... Will it stop?

Or is the trailer braked?
You're asking me? ;)
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #25 on: 20 August 2011, 21:59:02 »
Staff anouncement...(if I may be so bold  :-[)

"Kevin Wood to general chat please" ...
« Last Edit: 20 August 2011, 22:14:05 by chrisgixer »
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #26 on: 20 August 2011, 22:03:43 »
Perhaps I can assist ??

What do you want towing, from where to where, and when ... as I have a towbar and some experience of towing a heavy(ish) trailer (1600 kgs) .......   :)

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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #27 on: 20 August 2011, 22:06:01 »
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Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
Can you drive at 50mph? :o

Recall a certain admin telling me off for towing his V6 too quickly with my 4 pot!  :o  :D
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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #28 on: 20 August 2011, 22:06:05 »
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Perhaps I can assist ??

What do you want towing, from where to where, and when ... as I have a towbar and some experience of towing a heavy(ish) trailer (1600 kgs) .......   :)

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Re: Towing an uninsured, untaxed, unMOT'd car
« Reply #29 on: 20 August 2011, 22:07:27 »
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Going by one of Kevs older posts a trailer isn't that expensive, and I have a tow bar with working electrics.  :)
Can you drive at 50mph? :o

Recall a certain admin telling me off for towing his V6 too quickly with my 4 pot!  :o  :D
Because we didn't drop the propshaft, and the original plan was to fix the car, not shag the box ;)
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