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dazdub
Cabin : Exec 012
Location : wales
Posts : 3117
Join date : 2009-10-16
| | Subject: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:11 pm | |
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Sunny
Cabin : Exec 050
Location : Wiltshire
Posts : 1743
Join date : 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:24 pm | |
| What, with all those engines and you're still slow up the hills? Nice load of scrap there  | |
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MarcusH
Cabin : Exec 031
Location : Sheffield
Posts : 814
Join date : 2011-12-08
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:58 pm | |
| Nice paintwork on the beetle Daz
Reminds me of a burgundy camper I used to know
Are you doing the restoration? | |
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irishman
Cabin : Exec 003
Location : Hove, East Sussex
Posts : 1089
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:11 pm | |
| I've heard of carrying a few spares, but this takes the biscuit  | |
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dazdub
Cabin : Exec 012
Location : wales
Posts : 3117
Join date : 2009-10-16
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:18 pm | |
| - MarcusH wrote:
- Nice paintwork on the beetle Daz
Reminds me of a burgundy camper I used to know
Are you doing the restoration? just got it for bits and a nice set of twin carbs | |
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dazdub
Cabin : Exec 012
Location : wales
Posts : 3117
Join date : 2009-10-16
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TimV
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Cabin : Flight 001
Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K.
Posts : 14337
Join date : 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:49 pm | |
| Love it daz. A-frames are so useful. ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer
@brazilianvwbay | |
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dazdub
Cabin : Exec 012
Location : wales
Posts : 3117
Join date : 2009-10-16
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:55 pm | |
| - TimV wrote:
- Love it daz. A-frames are so useful.
yep worked very well used it to get Claire's 61 bug form essex but I used my dads 4x4 as it was a good 500 mile round trip so wanted a bit more speed | |
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Scooby
Cabin : Flight 004
Location : Reading
Posts : 8831
Join date : 2010-12-12
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absquatulation
Cabin : Club
Location : Lost
Posts : 372
Join date : 2010-06-05
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:48 pm | |
| Hi,
Party pooper time again.
I suggest that you are very careful in using an A-frame. Although there has been no prosecutions yet that I know of, the use of an A-frame is in a legal grey area. They are intended to take a vehicle off the road to a place of safety – just like a tow rope, however they have been used to tow vehicles around over some quite long distances, which could see you foul of the law.
See http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101007180025/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/factsheetaframes.pdf
The big point is that if the trailer weights over 750kg, and most cars do then they must be fitted with brakes, and these brakes must work when the tow vehicle brakes come on.
The most likely scenario is that you are merrily driving along towing another vehicle with an A-frame and you are involved in an accident. Quite who was at fault is neither here nor there, but your insurance company may say “your vehicle was overloaded/all the brakes on the vehicle didn’t work, therefore we believe the insurance is null and void”. You will have a very hard time to convince anyone that the accident wasn’t your fault, and you could well be left with a huge bill.
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TimV
Admin
Cabin : Flight 001
Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K.
Posts : 14337
Join date : 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:07 pm | |
| - absquatulation wrote:
- Hi,
Party pooper time again.
I suggest that you are very careful in using an A-frame. Although there has been no prosecutions yet that I know of, the use of an A-frame is in a legal grey area. They are intended to take a vehicle off the road to a place of safety – just like a tow rope, however they have been used to tow vehicles around over some quite long distances, which could see you foul of the law.
See http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101007180025/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/factsheetaframes.pdf
The big point is that if the trailer weights over 750kg, and most cars do then they must be fitted with brakes, and these brakes must work when the tow vehicle brakes come on.
The most likely scenario is that you are merrily driving along towing another vehicle with an A-frame and you are involved in an accident. Quite who was at fault is neither here nor there, but your insurance company may say “your vehicle was overloaded/all the brakes on the vehicle didn’t work, therefore we believe the insurance is null and void”. You will have a very hard time to convince anyone that the accident wasn’t your fault, and you could well be left with a huge bill.
Blimey. I a-framed my '63 bug all the way to the Midlands and back years ago. What about all those smart cars being tugged around by motorhomes? Don't they fall foul of this? ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer
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Rebeldog
Cabin : Club
Location : Welsh Marches
Posts : 73
Join date : 2013-02-04
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:41 pm | |
| I think in some countries, Spain was 1 from memory, motorhomes have been done for towing Smarts. That's why we drive go anywhere VWs amongst many reasons.
Great to see the German Shephard on the photo with the "do they really know what they are doing?" look. | |
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Tallulah
Cabin : Flight 011
Location : South Somerset, UK
Posts : 5101
Join date : 2011-06-05
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:21 pm | |
| A Smart car weighs 730kg so maybe its 'just' under the limit for needing brakes etc. ________________________________________________________________________________ www.alpinegrovetouringpark.com
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Skytiger
Cabin : Exec 008
Location : Central Scotland
Posts : 1792
Join date : 2010-09-04
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:45 pm | |
| That is some load you got there Dazdub, is the bug our project for the Dazdub do, must get it roadworthy by the end of the weekend | |
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AbsintheKombi
Cabin : Exec 013
Location : Leyland, Lancs
Posts : 5654
Join date : 2011-07-25
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:59 pm | |
| If anyone could do it, it would be you two!
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dazdub
Cabin : Exec 012
Location : wales
Posts : 3117
Join date : 2009-10-16
| | Subject: Re: How to make your bay even slower Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:56 pm | |
| - Skytiger wrote:
- That is some load you got there Dazdub, is the bug our project for the Dazdub do, must get it roadworthy by the end of the weekend
got it for bits for Claire's 61 bug | |
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