Towing dolly

[tomnorth]

Has anyone any experience of towing a Lomax 223 or similar with a towing dolly with the two front wheels supported. Someone has suggested to me the rear wheel will slew.

[billdavies]

Tomnorth,
I believe that towing dollies are not allowed nowadays, they were used to recover cars in the old days but fell out of favour.
I believe that they are illegal...but then someone will come up with the opposite.

The use of A tow bars is also illegal, although there are people on this site who use them, but they must conform to towing regs and therein lies a problem.

Go the safe route, buy a trailer and get three wheel off the road, much easier to tow and Mr Plod will not bother you. Also you insurer will be happy as you will be towing a recognise item on the road.

regards Bill D

[Jack602]

I have kept this photo of a very nice small trailer for a 3 wheeler on file, as I might build something similar to supplement the much wider trailer I currently use.
it might provide inspiration to others.

Jack

Pembleton Supersport

[2cvman]

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... nd-dollies

[Vyv Cox]

The Morgan trailer looks interesting but it presumably would need the Lomax to be reversed on? Personally I would have considerable difficulty with this. I do not find it easy to reverse my Lomax 223 accurately. My trailer is more conventional and tilts to aid loading.

[Jack602]

Vyv,
There appears to be a winch on the Morgan trailer, as per my own trailer below.
As loaded trailer is below 750kg brakes are not required when being towed by a suitable car.

Jack
Pembleton Super sport.

[Vyv Cox]

Yes, winching it on should be easy enough. I drive my Lomax onto my unbraked trailer, either hitched or free standing.

[Herschelnel]

Is there any real danger having it stand free at all?

[Mendip.Wursel]

Us in France last year with our 'A Frame' towed Lomax.... nice

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[Vyv Cox]

I place chocks front and back of each trailer wheel. Absolutely safe like that. I garage the car on the trailer like this, driving on and off every time I use the car.

However, the trailer tilts, so the rear end is touching the ground when wound down. I think the same would work on a fixed trailer with the jockey wheel wound right down.