Thread: New Towing Guides

Originally Posted by hodgo

........The problems associated with making this new standard meet a lot of excising prime movers will be Hugh in relation to medications to the towing vehicle and chains to trailers etc.

I'm guessing there's a bit of auto-correct going on there. Give it a second go, Hodgo.

i see i need brakes for my 1300kg camper trailer

chains to sop the trailer from hitting the ground if it comes off the hitch…………this would be a big failing for a lot of set up, never checked mine

Just had a read and it is nothing new to Victoria. Has been trailer regs here for a while. I read nothing about prime movers though.

Originally Posted by d2dave

Just had a read and it is nothing new to Victoria. Has been trailer regs here for a while. I read nothing about prime movers though.

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Any towing vehicle is usually called the prime mover or it was in my days as a driver

Originally Posted by weeds

i see i need brakes for my 1300kg camper trailer

chains to sop the trailer from hitting the ground if it comes off the hitch…………this would be a big failing for a lot of set up, never checked mine

Always needed brakes on anything over 750 ATM and I reckon most camper trailers would blow 750 kg easy.

Funny how more than a couple of points in that guide are contrary to relevant standards and road rules.....

Common sense dictates that safety chains should be as short as possible and where two are in use they should be crossed, forming a cradle in case of coupling failure.
What is new in that document and what problems are going to arise from it?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Common sense dictates that safety chains should be as short as possible and where two are in use they should be crossed, forming a cradle in case of coupling failure.
What is new in that document and what problems are going to arise from it?

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Ian
I could not agree more with what you say, But the person that uses his trailer once a month or the a person that hires a car float to transport a car in the near future and is not aware of these new regs is a sitting duck for the law The way I see it, it will create a lot of cost to many motorist to bring their vehicle and trailers up to standards