MarkieB Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 well Betty got moody today so I tried bump starting her on the way down the mountain, no joy I think my leads that I had just carefully readjusted the contacts then rearranged the leads to avoid cross-sparking, must now be earthing, I hope those Magnacors turn up this year! Towing: a 2' chain round the ballhitch bracket onto the rangie's front bumper, tow rope as backup, from eyelet, doubled, looped round the bumper for tightness, then I had to make a 10-point turn in a width, including a driveway, of 3 vehicle lengths, towed her back up the mountain, including hairpin switchbacks; the spare wheel on the back of the 110 saved most of the damage, only I'll be needing a few plastic dome-shaped lamp lenses! well there are so few people around here for now, that getting a hand from a person who would do less damage than they prevented, would be a lottery. It's quite fun, the car behind even steers itself providing you keep the speed down to the slowest low gear speed B) B) I would not encourage making 3-point turns though, every point costs a lens even trying to keep turning the towed car's steering wheel to make the wheels point in the right direction. The fun of being a Land Rover owner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Bit easier with an A-frame (well fwd anyway). Just never quite clear on the legaltities nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkieB Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 luckily the 'legalities' round here are very decent folk [they drive a Land Rover too!], most of the time they could be persuaded to lend a hand providing that when they first noticed, it wasn't a gratuitously dangerous activity It's more everyone else around at this time of year who are a menace, 'van-men' doing various building/maintenance tasks carelessly, etcetera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkieB Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 Now that Betty's looking happy, it looks as though I won't need to prepare for a long-range tow after all. For reference, I looked up the French rules on towing; as they sound quite similar to the UK rules, my guess is they're now standardised across Europe. These are the French rules: there are various specific rules as to the weight of trailer a vehicle is allowed to pull, whether you need category E entitlement, etcetera; I think people who've had category B entitlement for a while don't need category E unless the trailer weighs more than the towing vehicle. Newer drivers are more limited though. trailer above 750kg must have an automatic handbrake. A single-axle trailer over 750kg, up to I think it was 2500kg, may substitute a safety chain/cable for the automatic handbrake. So a towed car would have to have the auto handbrake. You are allowed to tow a broken-down vehicle at up to 25KM/h for a "limited distance" so I suppose that's without the auto handbrake. Seems that without a driver is possible too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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