Has anybody come across a requirement to remove towballs from your vehicle when leaving the caravan in the park etc. I have now heard from a couple of different.sources that drivers are being find in Mout Gambier ad the Riverlamd.for not removing g them.
Bill B said
06:05 PM Jun 20, 2023
Was their number plate obscured by the tow hitch ?
yobarr said
06:17 PM Jun 20, 2023
Pam_Chris wrote:
Has anybody come across a requirement to remove towballs from your vehicle when leaving the caravan in the park etc. I have now heard from a couple of different.sources that drivers are being find in Mout Gambier ad the Riverlamd.for not removing g them.
Hi Pam and Chris. At the moment I don't have time to check my records, but this was covered in Grey Nomads last year. Seems that as long as the numberplate is not obscured then there is no need to remove the towbar etc.
Perhaps someone who actuallyknows can post some facts to help you? Cheers
Thanks Bill B
That would make perfect sense.
PS D
I' did a search prior but must have use a wrong question
Cuppa said
07:17 PM Jun 20, 2023
Tried to remove my tow hitch from the receiver recently. Heat, WD40 & a 4lb club hammer got me nowhere. It is completely solid & seized. Any suggestions other than cutting it?
Has been in for over five years & five northern wet seasons
I got plenty of red dirt out of it but no movement.
Long Weekend said
07:46 PM Jun 20, 2023
As Bill B suggests, if it obscures the number plate, it has to be removed.
Because bookings are so few and far between, almost everyone has forgotten that such a law exists. That is, until an overzealous police officer remembers it!
I once saw a photo in a motoring magazine of a police car with the number place obscured by the tow ball, the caption read something along the lines of "One rule for them, and another for the rest of us!"
For Cuppa, maybe simply removing the tow ball will be enough for the number plate to be easily seen.
Murray
Cuppa said
08:19 AM Jun 21, 2023
Long Weekend wrote:
As Bill B suggests, if it obscures the number plate, it has to be removed.
Because bookings are so few and far between, almost everyone has forgotten that such a law exists. That is, until an overzealous police officer remembers it!
I once saw a photo in a motoring magazine of a police car with the number place obscured by the tow ball, the caption read something along the lines of "One rule for them, and another for the rest of us!"
For Cuppa, maybe simply removing the tow ball will be enough for the number plate to be easily seen.
Murray
It doesn't obscure my number plate, but I'd just like to be able to remove it so I can switch it with a standard 50mm towball (currently a DO35) without having to unbolt it each time.
rgren2 said
09:07 AM Jun 21, 2023
This stuff is really good at unfreezing bolts, hinges and stuck parts.
The reason that some parks require the removal is that if it is protruding and the area the vehicle is parked in is a thoroughfare, then people may walk into and suffer injury.
This may then render them liable under occupiers' liability if the person is injured for allowing something of potential danger on their land.
Before the whinging and lawyer bashing commences, this has been the law for several hundred years.
-- Edited by DMaxer on Wednesday 21st of June 2023 12:04:37 PM
Cuppa said
12:49 PM Jun 21, 2023
rgren2 wrote:
This stuff is really good at unfreezing bolts, hinges and stuck parts.
Ta. I'll see if I can find some.
Detecta said
01:54 PM Jun 21, 2023
50/50 Automatic Transmission Fluid & White Spirits, works well.
Cuppa said
03:11 PM Jun 21, 2023
Detecta wrote:
50/50 Automatic Transmission Fluid & White Spirits, works well.
Thanks I'll give it a try.
yobarr said
03:34 PM Jun 22, 2023
Cuppa wrote:
Detecta wrote:
50/50 Automatic Transmission Fluid & White Spirits, works well.
Thanks I'll give it a try.
Please let us know your results, Cuppa, as I have an idea or two which would probably be frowned upon by some, but guaranteed to work! Cheers
Possum3 said
03:37 PM Jun 22, 2023
yobarr wrote:
I have an idea or two which would probably be frowned upon by some, but guaranteed to work! Cheers
Gelignite is not the answer, Chris.
yobarr said
03:43 PM Jun 22, 2023
Possum3 wrote:
yobarr wrote:
I have an idea or two which would probably be frowned upon by some, but guaranteed to work! Cheers
Gelignite is not the answer, Chris.
Damn! You have let the cat out of the bag now, Possum! Cheers
Hi Pam and Chris. At the moment I don't have time to check my records, but this was covered in Grey Nomads last year. Seems that as long as the numberplate is not obscured then there is no need to remove the towbar etc.
Perhaps someone who actually knows can post some facts to help you? Cheers
Has been in for over five years & five northern wet seasons
I got plenty of red dirt out of it but no movement.
Because bookings are so few and far between, almost everyone has forgotten that such a law exists. That is, until an overzealous police officer remembers it!
I once saw a photo in a motoring magazine of a police car with the number place obscured by the tow ball, the caption read something along the lines of "One rule for them, and another for the rest of us!"
For Cuppa, maybe simply removing the tow ball will be enough for the number plate to be easily seen.
Murray
It doesn't obscure my number plate, but I'd just like to be able to remove it so I can switch it with a standard 50mm towball (currently a DO35) without having to unbolt it each time.
The reason that some parks require the removal is that if it is protruding and the area the vehicle is parked in is a thoroughfare, then people may walk into and suffer injury.
This may then render them liable under occupiers' liability if the person is injured for allowing something of potential danger on their land.
Before the whinging and lawyer bashing commences, this has been the law for several hundred years.
-- Edited by DMaxer on Wednesday 21st of June 2023 12:04:37 PM
Ta. I'll see if I can find some.
Thanks I'll give it a try.
Please let us know your results, Cuppa, as I have an idea or two which would probably be frowned upon by some, but guaranteed to work! Cheers
I have an idea or two which would probably be frowned upon by some, but guaranteed to work! Cheers
Gelignite is not the answer, Chris.
Damn! You have let the cat out of the bag now, Possum! Cheers