Trailer laws

[General Baxter]

can i tow a trailer on a trailer lol

[burgo]

of course you can

[Dave.]

i presume its just like putting a mino ir a bike on a trailer, but when your towing a tralier thats towing another traler, thats when it gets tricky lol

[Jack]

I don't see why not, I would assume it would be considered as one trailer, just articulated. Having said that, I don't ever recall seing a double-articulated vehicle on UK roads...

You'd need to make sure the complete caboodle adheres to weight/mass/braking/size (7 metre length max) restrictions as well.

Just done a bit of googling and there's some interesting pub facts out there about towing/trailers - its illegal for a >1998 Ford Ka to have a towhook fitted, and the only vehicle legal to tow with an A-frame (aside from recovery purposes) is the Aixam...

[Driver]

you need a certain liscence(sp) im pretty sure you need to have a C1 (articulated lorry)

to tow a trailer after another

but dont quote m on it

[Chris]

the only vehicle which can tow a trailor with a trailor is a tractor.

When you see fairground units on the road these are classed as tractors for this reason.

Chris

[burgo]

you need a certain liscence(sp) im pretty sure you need to have a C1 (articulated lorry)

to tow a trailer after another

but dont quote m on it

but baxter said


can i tow a trailer on a trailer

which i assume means a trailer literally on a trailer

[Chris]

Doh! I need to read posts properly too.

It doesnt matter what in on a trailor so long as it is safe and within trailor specs and license catagories.

Chris

[Jack]

lol I read that as trailer being towed behind a trailer as well...

[big gra]

would love to see you try and reverse that around a corner!

[mowgli]

people have been legally towing 2 farm trailers behind tractors for years.
the showmen have unique rules & regs, but they can run at 80ft
I once helped on a project to build a special vehicle for fixing motorway barrier that towed 2 separate trailers. It had a super duper sliding coupling so the trailers locked together for reversing.

[Lee]

Sorry chaps, but Baxter really did mean 'towing a trailer BEHIND a trailer' lol

I think its because hes got nowhere to put the fridge lol

[draper]

but this is baxter, we'll be lucky if he finishes 1 trailer never mind 2 lol

[Driver]

throw fridge in back of the van, and its true with tractor/tractor unit etc you can tow any amount of trailers so long as it doesnt exceed 120ft