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.
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.
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I regularily move cars in the course of my business, I am a used car dealer here in the south. I have been using an A-Frame to move cars too and from the auction etc but have been told this is illegal. Instead I am thinking of getting a recovery truck like a converted transit or a flat bed car trail...View Entire Thread