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13th October 2017, 10:29 PM
#41
Thanks ET. I didn't make it clear it is for the front of my DX to take a standard tongue or winch cradle. I will check out XLR8 when next in Perth.
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13th October 2017 10:29 PM
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14th October 2017, 04:43 AM
#42
FYI ....
Many, many years ago in NSW it was legal to tow a vehicle ( with transit insurance ) with a "straight bar". A standard tow coupling one end with safety chains, a solid or heavy walled tube, & chains the other end, with a driver inside, for a short distance at low speed to a repair facility. I part owned a panel shop at the time and we used to tow them from our storage facility to the shop. About 2klms away. The towed vehicle also had to have a sign saying "under tow", a working hand brake and brake lights, or portable ones fitted. Times have long changed. Illegal now because of insurance requirements.
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14th October 2017, 12:03 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by
bazzaboy
FYI ....
Many, many years ago in NSW it was legal to tow a vehicle ( with transit insurance ) with a "straight bar". A standard tow coupling one end with safety chains, a solid or heavy walled tube, & chains the other end, with a driver inside, for a short distance at low speed to a repair facility. I part owned a panel shop at the time and we used to tow them from our storage facility to the shop. About 2klms away. The towed vehicle also had to have a sign saying "under tow", a working hand brake and brake lights, or portable ones fitted. Times have long changed. Illegal now because of insurance requirements.
But, it is legal in NSW with the "right" gear like below, am I right?
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...5&d=1506050614
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...using-a-Patrol
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14th October 2017, 03:44 PM
#44
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Bazzaboy is talking straight bars and chains as the attachment device.
I don't know anywhere that config is legal these days.
Correctly set up A frames and assoc variations or manuf are 'generally' OK as they use either 3 points or rigid attachment IE not chains as a primary attachment.
I say generally as some states have weird local variations to their regs still but AFAIK Hitch N Go etc etc are OK but must be professionally installed and certified (at least in some states
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14th October 2017, 08:19 PM
#45
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the original posts asks legal or not so i suppose you could tow it with a shoe lace really..
Watch this space, as there maybe a comment added soon
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15th October 2017, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by
dom14
I'm confident in saying that the method I described is no longer legal anywhere in OZ today. I also could be wrong, but I was under the impression that all the tow hitch configurations used behind motorhomes/RV's, all require welded or bolted attachment points on the vehicle being towed.
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15th October 2017, 12:46 PM
#47
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Originally Posted by
the evil twin
Bazzaboy is talking straight bars and chains as the attachment device.
I don't know anywhere that config is legal these days.
Correctly set up A frames and assoc variations or manuf are 'generally' OK as they use either 3 points or rigid attachment IE not chains as a primary attachment.
I say generally as some states have weird local variations to their regs still but AFAIK Hitch N Go etc etc are OK but must be professionally installed and certified (at least in some states
And unless there is and automatic brake setup & indicator/brake lights etc via the trailer socket/plug there has to be a driver in the
vehicle under tow to apply brake/indicators etc.
Am I right?
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15th October 2017, 12:50 PM
#48
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Avo
the original posts asks legal or not so i suppose you could tow it with a shoe lace really..
Yeah, in the OP I wasn't paying much attention to legality of it, but rather the technical possibility of it.
I am interested in laws each state has enacted with regards to towing a vehicle using a vehicle above techniques though.
So far, as far as I understand, there has to be a driver in the vehicle under tow unless there is setup to apply brakes and indicators etc in sync with the towing vehicle.
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15th October 2017, 07:53 PM
#49
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Originally Posted by
dom14
And unless there is and automatic brake setup & indicator/brake lights etc via the trailer socket/plug there has to be a driver in the
vehicle under tow to apply brake/indicators etc.
Am I right?
You MUST have 'auto brake setup' etc so it isn't an 'unless' and you cannot have anyone in the vehicle under tow.
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15th October 2017, 08:46 PM
#50
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Originally Posted by
the evil twin
You MUST have 'auto brake setup' etc so it isn't an 'unless' and you cannot have anyone in the vehicle under tow.
No kidding!!! That's the law all around the country??!!
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