It is not unusual for the police or VOSA to pay particular attention to recovery vehicles and cars that are towing a heavy load. Keeping the entire rig legal ie, no cracks in the windscreen, good tyres, working lights and clean condition will help.
It is perfectly legal for your load to overhang the rear end of your trailer. However, if the overhang is over 1m it should be marked with a bright flag. Go over 2m and you will require an illuminated marker board.
The overrun brakes fitted to my caravan seem to work OK, when I brake I can feel they are having an effect and pulling the car back as they should. When I pull away from a junction I feel a slight jerking sensation, presumably as the hitch pulls back out again. Is this normal, I would expect it to p...View Entire Thread
A useful list of phone numbers and addresses for Recovery Operators in your neighbourhood. Many of these companies do not have a web presence so you will not find them in the Google search results. Simply scan down the list of names and addresses on the page, select a company near you and give them a ring!
Port Talbot is a town in South Wales, United Kingdom. The town has good access links being well connected by both rail and the M4 Motorway. Port Talbot is visibly an industrial town, from the Motorway you can see the large factories and heavy industrial buildings. At one tim Port Talbot was home to one of the largest Stell production plants in Europe.