Towing with an AFrame or Trailer

ScreenName3AB415D24C replied on 15/06/2022 19:45

ScreenName3AB415D24C

Posted on 15/06/2022 19:45

We've recently bought a motorhome and would like to tow a small car. We have been advised that we can do this either via an A Frame (we have seen a few of these out on the road), or loading the car onto a trailer. Our question is - Do sites allow you bring a car on a trailer, we have not seen this scenario on any sites we have visited to date.

We would not want to turn up on site (pre booked) and be turned away.

Any thoughts / advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Brian and Belle

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Lutz replied on 16/06/2022 09:10

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Lutz

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Posted on 16/06/2022 09:10

The reason why A-frame towing on the Continent is illegal is not a structural one. After all, it would be the manufacturer’s responsibility to ensure that it isn’t. The issue is actually twofold:

1. The combination of car plus A-frame is effectively a trailer. As such it would have to be type approved as a trailer, but no such combination has ever been put through the type approval process.

2. The car to be towed is modified to enable the A-frame to be attached to its chassis. Such a technical modification would render the existing type approval of the car null and void because the car manufacturer has never tested nor approved the modification.

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