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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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
