DOLLY WHEELS ON VAN?

Jim, no, was an integral part of the van. Should have taken a pic or atleast got the name. Just curious as the ball weight etc would be very little. Cheers.

The sixth wheeler, yes.

Look what s towing it, Just as impressive! ,LOL.


Cheers Axle.

So it looks like a device to take the load away from the towing hitch. Be interesting to see the legals of this.

Cheers
Jim

Looks like it may have a lock up turntable for reversing similar to the truck setup. Be interesting if it is legal to use with an ordinary car licence, or whether one may be required to obtain a articulated license as per trucking. This type of setup has been in the trucking industry for many years.

Would it be much different to a dog trailer?

Yes similar to to Dog Trailer. If my memory serves me correctly, they were a Henderson or Hutchinson Dolly made back in the 60's and 70's, and were produced in Melbourne

You need an articulated vehicle licence to be able to tow anything with a turntable.
But there are plenty of 4 wheel trailers with turntables, I used to have two fuel tankers (500 gallon - 2250L and 1000 gallon - 4500L) that were turntable-style trailers.

All fitted with brakes and fully legal, provided the tow vehicle had adequate towing capacity. Use to use a Landrover and a 3 tonne truck to tow them.

Cheers, Ron.

No, the dolly was under the front of the van, wasn't double like that one.

no, nothing like that

Now that is one smart looking unit.
Dave

From my very poor memory, van was very similar to that.

I'd love to know how many caravan owners would be able to back that rig, straight into a spot in a caravan park! [:-)

Certainly a lot safer rig to tow - but I'll wager with another axle and spring set, and turntable added to the build, they would be one expensive van!

Cheers, Ron.

I am not sure it had a turntable. It might have had steering arms. It certainly had dampers all round.
Certainly not a budget design.
It was at Bad Kissingen 4WD show in 2013.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

It's not a van Ron. It's a "bimobil habitation cabin" Only the Germans. :)
Dave.

Peter, I have yet to see anything that comes out of Germany, as a "budget design" or involve "budget pricing".

The Germans might have lost WW2 militarily, but they sure learnt how to shaft the rest of the world, economically, since 1945.

I read recently, where they are sitting on a cash chest, financial reserve of 400 billion Euros, reputedly available to fix EU economic woes - but apparently the Germans believe no EU country has any economic woes, so the Germans won't release it.

The Bimobil AX 575 had a list price in 2015, of 83,347 Euros, including the German VAT of 19%.

Bimobil AX 575

The article below on the Bimobil 'van states it has a "turntable chassis" (translation needed).

Auto-Presse News - Bimobil AX 575 caravan

Cheers, Ron.

Ta. I regret not having stuck my camera underneath now, but there were many vehicles there that caught my attention.
Allrad is the biggest annual 4WD show in Europe. The show itself is nothing special. but the real feature is that thousands of vehicles show up and camp in a paddock nearby for a week.
There is nothing like this in Australia. We went in 2013 and again in 2015.
This is an aerial view of about 3/4 of the camping area in 2015.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome