When towing with a normal passenger car in the UK the maximum permissible width for a trailer is 2.3 meters. However, the load attached to the trailer can overhang the sides by up to 30cm on each side giving a total width of 2.9m.
Trailers designed to transport cars should be fitted with Commercial grade tyres. Standard passenger car tyres do not have strong enough side walls and are prone to breaking up under excessive load.
The strangely named City of Ely is thought to be named after the words eel and island. This due to the fact that Ely is slightly raised above the surrounding marshy lowlands that used to be home to eels. Ely is the third smallest city in the UK with a population of only fifteen thousand people. Ely was founded around 670 AD when an abbey was built nearby, the abbey was later destroyed by Danish Invaders.
I want to buy a Ford Transit or similar recovery truck and start up doing local car recovery and delivery. What insurance do I need for this, I phoned a couple or recovery company insurance specialists and they want thousands and thousands of pounds, they are more geared up to large companies with m...View Entire Thread