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blackwolf



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Ever wonder why Sankeys have rear pintles?
... Here's the answer! I'd be more impressed if he'd reversed it though.


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dorsetsmith



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now try that on uk roads Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter one way only Thumbs Up and see how long it take to get shopped Bow down
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Rashers



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I'm with you Blackwolf, I would buy him a pint if he could reverse it Thumbs Up
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Husband of an old work colleague of mine used to work at Marchwood military port & told a story about someone getting rather too "enthusiastic" with a train of Sankeys to the point where the end ones flipped over... interview without coffee followed!
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ARC99



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Now that looked like fun, highly illegal on UK roads.

Here a question about towing trailers.

Artic tractor unit towing 40foot trailer towing a caravan.

Is it legal? give explanation for your answer.

Some on here I suspect will know the correct answer. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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Intercept



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Artic tractor unit towing 40foot trailer towing a caravan. Is it legal? give explanation for your answer.


That sounds like a circus/fairground rig. Registered showmen get exemptions which include the option to tow more than one trailer.
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Exemptions from a normal Operators Licence, commonly referred to as Showmans licence, although that's not really a 'thing'. Darren

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The rear pintle on Sankeys that i've seen looked too small to fit the nato ring?
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JWL



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Showmans licences allow two trailers to be towed on the public highway and also there is an agricultural exemption allowing two agricultural trailers to be towed. Farmers also are restricted on road speeds.
There can be a bit of a grey area with farms because if an articulated trailer is being towed using a dolly then that can count as two trailers unless the locking handle has been disabled on the fifth wheel coupling by being welding up or bolted up.
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Slideywindows



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miker wrote:
The rear pintle on Sankeys that i've seen looked too small to fit the nato ring?


I always wondered what the tow jaw was for on my 1953 Brockhouse (yes, they made "Sankeys" too.)



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mick



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After following the Disco3 chaps down to Peterborough the other week those Sankeys are very stable at high speeds Bow down
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Iggle piggle



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JWL wrote:
Showmans licences allow two trailers to be towed on the public highway and also there is an agricultural exemption allowing two agricultural trailers to be towed. Farmers also are restricted on road speeds.
There can be a bit of a grey area with farms because if an articulated trailer is being towed using a dolly then that can count as two trailers unless the locking handle has been disabled on the fifth wheel coupling by being welding up or bolted up.


It is also permitted for recovery purposes but plans are afoot to change it to "a place of safety" only
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No change, that's what it's always been.
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I have few regrets in my life, but if there were two of them the first would be selling "The Duke" of Argyll 300tdi Discovery. Loved that car. The second would be selling my sankey trailers, just superb to tow, off road and live with. Big Cry Big Cry

I just need some off road parking...
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