Your thoughts on this please.
Submitted: Monday, Feb 18, 2019 at 18:08
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Member - John
G'day, saw this on FB, what are the thoughts on legality and engineering?

Thoughts?
Reply By: Ron N - Monday, Feb 18, 2019 at 18:46
Monday, Feb 18, 2019 at 18:46
100% illegal on every angle you look at it from - engineering, physics and compliance with towbar legislation.
I trust he only plans to pull a sheep feeder through a paddock with it - because I wouldn't want to meet him/her on the highway, while he's/she's towing a near-capacity trailer or 'van.
An accident waiting for a place to happen, if the intention is to use it on-road.
Cheers, Ron.
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Follow Up By: Dion - Monday, Feb 18, 2019 at 21:58
Monday, Feb 18, 2019 at 21:58
What if it tows a dog trailer where the only downforce is the weight of the drawbar only?
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Reply By: RMD - Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:28
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:28
There appears to be a toy car on the BBQ base, so children are involved, and the "safety chain" of the tow tongue has a cable supplying to near the Treg coupling. The cable actually passes through the links of the safety chain in two
places, presumably to prevent the cable from dropping on the ground.
This bloke is what we want to see on the road. Safety aware!
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Follow Up By: tim_c - Friday, Feb 22, 2019 at 10:28
Friday, Feb 22, 2019 at 10:28
Children involved? Maybe he simply wants to mount a bike rack (children often like to ride bikes), and be able to open the tailgate without removing the bike rack.
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Reply By: Greg J1 - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 at 07:41
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 at 07:41
Just wondering if the long extension might be for launching a small boat on
the beach. I seen a bloke doing this once and that extra length helps getting the boat back into slightly deeper water.
Seen plenty of boat trailers with a treg style hitch
Certainly wouldn’t be something I would use on the road though.
Cheers Greg
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Follow Up By: Member - John - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 at 11:05
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 at 11:05
Greg, from the comments on FB it was towing a camper trailer, no idea of size etc and was also stated to be seen driving around
Townsville with it attached.
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Follow Up By: Greg J1 - Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 at 17:53
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2019 at 17:53
Ok no worries
John, just a thought.
Cheers Greg
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