Thread: Can the seller be also liable - Duty of Care?

I'd be surprised if Trucks can tow pig trailers...just think of the geometry of two pig trailers going over bumps....the rear trailer would get launched into orbit.

Originally Posted by Aaron IIA

I can't find the relevant legislation, but I do remember not too many years ago reading that under certain conditions, in South Australia, you can two trailers behind a car.

Aaron.

Probably not behind a car.

https://www.google.com.au/url'sa=t&r...Lgh1XBALvlFVpn

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

A few years ago on the afternoon of Easter Thursday, we were sitting in the sales office destroying a carton and watching the traffic jam on the main road out front. A car crawled past with a caravan and a boat and trailer hitched on behind the van. We were all speechless and all spoke at once "did you see that?" I have wondered since how far he got before some observant copper or transport nazi noticed.

Yep. The fellow lives in Mildura. All perfectly legal and Vicroads approved.

Originally Posted by pop058

I thought national rules states you cannot tow a pig trailer behind another pig trailer ??

Where? I can't find that rule.

Interestingly, there was a road rule that you couldn't drive with an empty bike rack on the car. I know someone who was fined for doing this some years ago. Recently they removed that rule. Road Rule 405.
Recent changes to road rules : VicRoads

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Yep. The fellow lives in Mildura. All perfectly legal and Vicroads approved.

That incident was in Brisbane about 1980. Not legal then and not legal now. Only became legal in Qld to tow a driverless car a few years ago. Given the numbers of complete turkeys that tow caravans up and down our highways and byways can you imagine letting them loose with a mini road train?

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

That incident was in Brisbane about 1980. Not legal then and not legal now. Only became legal in Qld to tow a driverless car a few years ago. Given the numbers of complete turkeys that tow caravans up and down our highways and byways can you imagine letting them loose with a mini road train?

Show me the road rules that say it can't be done.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Show me the road rules that say it can't be done.

Second paragraph down, at least in Vic without a permit, but I think the guy in Mildura did actually have a permit IIRC.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Second paragraph down, at least in Vic without a permit, but I think the guy in Mildura did actually have a permit IIRC.

Yep. He did have VASS engineering on the trailers and a MC licence.
What you have linked to does not "state you cannot tow a pig trailer behind another pig trailer". It says you can with the appropriate permissions.

I could "state you cannot drive a vehicle on the road". It might be true but it is misleading. It is true when the driver is a four year old and the vehicle is a B double but is not true when the diver holds the appropriate licence and the vehicle has the appropriate permit/registration.
Just because you (being the reader of this post) does not have the appropriate permissions in place does not mean others can't.