Dolly trailer behind a 110 ?

[rijidij]

Does anyone know if it would be legal to tow, say, a 2A Shorty, behind a 110 County/Defender using a dolly trailer similar to the one in the pic, but maybe built a bit more heavy duty, and with decent brakes on the trailer.
There are trips now and then that are specifically for leaf sprung Landys, but they are usually a long way to get to the start of the trip, so I'm just thinking about different towing methods.

Cheers, Murray

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[Lotz-A-Landies]

Yes it is legal, but there is an absurbly low speed restriction. 70 or 80 KPH come to mind maybe even lower.

ADDIT: You would be better to go down the "A" frame route. A lot of hoops to jump through but when there done you can flat tow to your hearts content. See: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi_41_-_guidelines_for_a-frame_towing_nov_2007.pdf

Addit 2:Oops - you're in Vic, sorry. They have a similar system down there but I'm not fully familiar with it.

[Blknight.aus]

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[Randylandy]

They use em in NZ where you can actually hire them. Speed limit for towing a trailer over there is 80 kph. Not seen anyone use them over here. Question, Will the landies speedo still clock over kms towing like this?

[rijidij]

Question, Will the landies speedo still clock over kms towing like this?

Would probably drop a drive shaft before a long trip, or even fit free wheeling hubs to the rear if it's going to be towed regularly.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

They use em in NZ where you can actually hire them. Speed limit for towing a trailer over there is 80 kph. Not seen anyone use them over here.
Question, Will the Landy's speedo still clock over kms towing like this?Over here the speed limit for trailers is the same as vehicles without trailers. That is excepting semi-trailers and B-Doubles which are reportedly limited to 100 KPH, but many have overtaken me whilst I was on 110 KPH so who knows.

Yes the speedo will click over, you could remove the tail-shaft or fit free-wheel hubs (as Rijidij suggests) or remove the speedo drive .

I personally wouldn't flat tow an S1 with semi-floating hubs, just because they are a bugger to change when they go. Just personal choice but would consider an SII/IIa or SIII.

Diana

[dennisS1]

It must be just me, but I cant for the life of me understand why people muck around with such things or A framing for that matter, why would you want your S1 or S2 running gear turning at 110K/h. Just put it a light tandem trailer, light to tow, legal in all states, not wearing anything out, easy to fit stone guard. I have used a converted boat trailer to tow my 48 all over the place perfectly safe. It weights about 440Kg thus it and the s1 still don’t need coupled brakes and behind a Defender at 100 you forget its there takes 10m to load and unload.
Dennis

[rijidij]

why would you want your S1 or S2 running gear turning at 110K/h.

That's why I would fit free wheeling hubs to the back wheels. And I wouldn't be travelling at 110kph either......that's just pushing your luck. Getting up to 110 is not as much of a problem as being able to stop safely in an emergency with the weight of a vehicle in tow.


Just put it a light tandem trailer, light to tow, legal in all states, not wearing anything out, easy to fit stone guard. I have used a converted boat trailer..........

My thought was that a dolly trailer could be made in a way that it would 'fold up', or dismantle small enough to be carried in a vehicle, except the wheels maybe.
Also, I'd like a trailer to tow vehicles with, but I'd prefer not to have a full sized tandem taking up room at home.

Murray

[Slunnie]

Wouldn't you need a multi-combination licence to tow with a dolly trailer? :D