Normal for Norfolk….. road train

[Robt]

 

[Norfolk Olly]

Hes got a lot more lights and marker boards than the pikeys travelling about with their horse and carts at 5mph. They should get up to Appleby next week they’d make a fortune

 

[DrWazzock]

Well he’d tried his best.

 

[B R C]

5mph on a dual carriage way? Really?

 

[roscoe erf]

5mph on a dual carriage way? Really?

there is no minimum speed and nothing says it can't and he had an escort

 

[PSQ]

Well he’d tried his best.

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Act 1986, mandates a maximum length of 15 meters, but there's a catch which might explain why the Police say "enquiries ongoing"

An agricultural trailed appliance manufactured on or after 1st December 1985.

15

 

[ollie989898]

Lets play spot the defects....

Ok, no functional lights or indicators on lead vehicle....

Front tyres on lead vehicle worn way below typical wear markers indicating zero tread depth left...

Third vehicle apparently being towed using an A frame and hitch made out of what appears to be an old alternator. All it's grease nipples were missing also...

Discovery being towed by a lower tax classed vehicle and using rebated fuel (coal) on which there is no road tax added.

Only 1 of the IBCs is strapped on.

No way is that towing vehicle gonna pass it's MOT or emissions test- I can't see a catalytic converter nor DPF anywhere.

Anyway, this is by the by- it's a simple case of the police stopping someone going about their lawful business and trying to work out a way to 'do' them.

 

[DrWazzock]

Father remembered the threshing gang steaming up through town. Generally the engine was pulling at least 3 trailed items. Used to lose traction on the inclines in winter and had to throw ashes under to get a grip.

 

[spin cycle]

blimey even i could overtake that in my old nash

edit....mind you at 15m long it might take me a coupla minutes

 

[B R C]

there is no minimum speed and nothing says it can't and he had an escort

I get that, but would you? I certainly wouldn’t.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force

Wait...what! On Thursday 2nd June 2022 Police from Oxley Highway Patrol were patrolling Spring Plains Road, Wee Waa as part of Operation Convoy when they observed a Toyota towing another Toyota...

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[hollister]

there is no minimum speed and nothing says it can't and he had an escort

What escort?

 

[PSQ]

Technically he's not towing a trailer.
It contains water and coal, so it's a 'tender'

 

[ollie989898]

I get that, but would you? I certainly wouldn’t.

Every year without fail there is a gaggle of such machines making their way to the Dorset Steam fair. I don't know how far they all come but they all seem to make it without much excitement besides the odd breakdown.

 

[Nearly]

Technically he's not towing a trailer.
It contains water and coal, so it's a 'tender'

Knowing Discovery 2's I'd say the chassis on that one is likely to be tender too.

 

[JP1]

Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force

Wait...what! On Thursday 2nd June 2022 Police from Oxley Highway Patrol were patrolling Spring Plains Road, Wee Waa as part of Operation Convoy when they observed a Toyota towing another Toyota...

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Like all the pro farmer comments

 

[Lofty1984]

What’s the hitch all about not seen anything like that before

 

[Nearly]

Home made with a spring in the middle?

 

[hampshire-farmer]

Lets play spot the defects....

Ok, no functional lights or indicators on lead vehicle....

Front tyres on lead vehicle worn way below typical wear markers indicating zero tread depth left...

Third vehicle apparently being towed using an A frame and hitch made out of what appears to be an old alternator. All it's grease nipples were missing also...

Discovery being towed by a lower tax classed vehicle and using rebated fuel (coal) on which there is no road tax added.

Only 1 of the IBCs is strapped on.

No way is that towing vehicle gonna pass it's MOT or emissions test- I can't see a catalytic converter nor DPF anywhere.

Anyway, this is by the by- it's a simple case of the police stopping someone going about their lawful business and trying to work out a way to 'do' them.

 

[Nearly]

Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force

Wait...what! On Thursday 2nd June 2022 Police from Oxley Highway Patrol were patrolling Spring Plains Road, Wee Waa as part of Operation Convoy when they observed a Toyota towing another Toyota...

www.facebook.com

That's not a large trailer!