Has anyone used a dolly to tow their Triking behing a motorhome.
I am thinking of reverse towing with the rear wheel lifted to prevent the transmission rotating.
I guess castor will be against me so will have to lock the steering.
It looks as if it will be classed as a trailer but because it is under 750kg does not need brakes.
Found this on A frames but does not refer to dollies https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... nd-dollies.
I am in the process of building an enclosed trailer but at its going to be rather big for short trips
Anyone?
Dolly Towing
Re: Dolly Towing
I found this on the Barlow trailers website...
A-frames and dollies
If you attach an A-frame to a car in order to tow it with a larger vehicle, the car plus the A-frame counts as a trailer.
If you use a dolly to tow a broken-down vehicle, the dolly counts as a trailer.
In both cases, the usual safety regulations for trailers apply.
It's a bit of a grey area but I would be inclined to use an A frame that operates the Triking brakes via an overrun coupling - Tony (WestEndGuzzi) has detailed how he modified his A frame to do that. I also built my Triking with that in mind - I can attach/detach the brake cable directly to the Triking brake pedal very simply. I have yet to complete the A frame as I have a covered trailer but will get round to it eventually.
You can also put the forward/reverse box into "neutral" if you're careful so that only the rear hub and rear propshaft are being driven round when you're towing....
Dave
A-frames and dollies
If you attach an A-frame to a car in order to tow it with a larger vehicle, the car plus the A-frame counts as a trailer.
If you use a dolly to tow a broken-down vehicle, the dolly counts as a trailer.
In both cases, the usual safety regulations for trailers apply.
It's a bit of a grey area but I would be inclined to use an A frame that operates the Triking brakes via an overrun coupling - Tony (WestEndGuzzi) has detailed how he modified his A frame to do that. I also built my Triking with that in mind - I can attach/detach the brake cable directly to the Triking brake pedal very simply. I have yet to complete the A frame as I have a covered trailer but will get round to it eventually.
You can also put the forward/reverse box into "neutral" if you're careful so that only the rear hub and rear propshaft are being driven round when you're towing....
Dave
Re: Dolly Towing
Just in case you haven't found it, here's a link to the original notes about my A-frame, which is on the old archived forum.
http://forum.trikingsportscars.co.uk/fo ... ame-towing
Here's the latest about the braking linkage for the A frame.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=247&p=1779&hilit=a+frame#p1779
Big advantage with the A frame is that it takes up very little stowage space, in my boot.
Tony
http://forum.trikingsportscars.co.uk/fo ... ame-towing
Here's the latest about the braking linkage for the A frame.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=247&p=1779&hilit=a+frame#p1779
Big advantage with the A frame is that it takes up very little stowage space, in my boot.
Tony