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Regulations about towing non-licesned vehicle with a car dolly

• Thread starter Ken47
• Outset date February 24, 2011

• #ane

I was wondering if any folks on here know if it is legal to tow an unlicensed vehicle in Alberta with a 2-wheeled motorcar dolly? U-booty says the towed vehicle needs to be licensed, but that may be their insurance/liability requirements?
Cheers, Ken

• #two

Prolly unlike than here in B.C., butt here, if the trailer has a license, the automobile demand not have i, OR vice versa???? I might exist wrong nearly this as I'm not actually into towing vehicles other than a traval trailer....

• #3

Towing in Ontario

Probably an insurance issue. As far every bit I know hither you lot tin can tow an unlicensed car no problem every bit long equally it is secured correctly. I finally bought a auto trailer....

• #4

In B.C. the car you lot are dollying (is that even a word?) needs to take insurance on it, equally it is touching the road. If it'due south uninsured, you can put a permit on it and dolly it abode that way.

• #5

I was wondering if whatever folks on here know if information technology is legal to tow an unlicensed vehicle in Alberta with a ii-wheeled auto dolly? U-haul says the towed vehicle needs to exist licensed, but that may exist their insurance/liability requirements?
Thanks, Ken

If y'all trailer it, no problem, but if you put it on a ii-wheel dolly, near probable has to be insured and licensed.
However, to be certain, phone a registery.
You might accept to buy a day let to move the vehicle if you use a 2-wheel dolly.

• #6

must

In B.C you must take insu.on car- I have a dolly

• #7

I have tow dollied and apartment towedall over US and a lot of Canada, without whatever problem. Never been stoppedby law.

Having said that, I e'er say, information technology much easier begging for forgiveness, then asking for permission.

• #8

i believe in alberta that whatever your towing is covered by the vehicle towing information technology merely only public liability. you don't demand proof of insurance to licence trailers in alberta.

• #9

Seeeee!

Prolly different than here in B.C., butt hither, if the trailer has a license, the motorcar need not have ane, OR vice versa???? I might be wrong about this as I'm non really into towing vehicles other than a traval trailer....

I towed ya I MIGHT be wrong???

• #x

im sure that only the dolly is covered under the pullin vehicles insurance as it is a trailer the unit on information technology isnt part of the trailer and considering its tires are touchin the road surface it has too exist insured . i know that terminal time i rented a dolly the guy asked me if the unit was insured

• #eleven

A guy that only bought a truck off me last week said the aforementioned thing about the vehicle on the dolly has to be plated and insured. He rented a dolly too from U-Booty. He only told them that he had to tow his daily driver to mechanic store and they let him take it.
I think that is just a U-Haul policy, 100% of the cars I tow on my car trailer take no insurance since there projects. If they alter that law so insurance company will most likely offer a rider policy for trailers and the content on it.

Similar "Cash" said trailers don't demand insurance to be plated so that could run into a insure/plate law somewhen. I don't insure my trailer since it isn't worth it but my coverage on my truck covers if an accident happens with the trailer simply no supervene upon/repair of the trailer. But if the vehicle I have on the trailer falls off and kills someone I could be sued since the content on the trailer is non covered.

• #xiv

My perference would be to use a car hauler trailer as opposed to a dolly to transport the car. I want to accept information technology for the muffler organisation installation. When I went to U-booty to come across almost renting a machine hauler trailer they said my pick-up truck (2005 Chevy Colorado 2WD with class 1 hitch) was not large enough. Then they asked what I was putting on the trailer and I said a 47 Ford coupe. They they said they didn't have a listing for a 47 Ford coupe in their calculator so they couldn't hire me the trailer anyway (why I even go there is beyond me). I thought that getting access to a dolly from an RV-er would be easier than geting access to a car hauler trailer. Thanks for all the posts though. It does seem like there is a lot of dfferent understandings every bit to what the rules and regs are.

• #15

Just buy an "A to B" licence from Alberta Motor Vehicle and insure it for ane day.

Carl

• #16

Sounds like a real pain in the a$$. A dolly with a Class ane would exist fine, the goof behind the counter is basing everything past a computer. What happen happen to the good old days, lol when you felt releived that the straps held and it made it to the muffler shop.

My perference would be to apply a car hauler trailer as opposed to a dolly to send the car. I want to take information technology for the muffler arrangement installation. When I went to U-haul to see about renting a car hauler trailer they said my pick-up truck (2005 Chevy Colorado 2WD with class one hitch) was not big enough. Then they asked what I was putting on the trailer and I said a 47 Ford coupe. They they said they didn't accept a listing for a 47 Ford coupe in their computer so they couldn't rent me the trailer anyway (why I even get there is beyond me). I thought that getting access to a dolly from an RV-er would be easier than geting access to a car hauler trailer. Thanks for all the posts though. It does seem like there is a lot of dfferent understandings as to what the rules and regs are.

• #17

went to U-haul to run across nigh renting a motorcar hauler trailer they said my pick-upwardly truck (2005 Chevy Colorado 2WD with class 1 hitch) was not big plenty. So they asked what I was putting on the trailer and I said a 47 Ford coupe. They they said they didn't take a listing for a 47 Ford coupe in their computer so they couldn't rent me the trailer anyway (why I fifty-fifty get in that location is beyond me).

Another varible just added to the equation...hitch classes.
U-haul was right that a course 1 hitch would not be able to tow the trailer and the car, you would need at least a class iii hitch for the weight.

Grade 1 hitches tow up to ii,000 pounds or 907 kilograms; they can be used to pull a trailer that is 6 feet or ane.eight meters long, or a gunkhole that is fourteen feet or 4.3 meters long. These hitches are good for use on smaller cars, such as small sedans, sports cars, and compact cars. Although some class 1 hitches are only available in designs that attach to the bumper, a hitch that attaches to the frame in some style is more desirable. You lot can also get a hitch with a removable natural language, so that when you're not towing annihilation you don't have to accept a hitch sticking out of the back cease of your automobile; all the same, if you lot plan on towing frequently, you are probably better off with a hitch that has a permanently affixed tongue.

Class ii hitches tow up to iii,500 pounds or 1,588 kilograms; they tin can be used to pull a trailer that is 12 feet or 3.7 meters long, or a gunkhole that is 20 feet or half dozen meters long. These hitches work well on larger cars, such as midsize sedans and minivans, but are not suitable for compact cars. Similar all larger hitches, class two hitches adhere to the frame of a vehicle.

Class 3 hitches are more than heavy-duty hitches. They come in different sizes, but the largest of them can tow up to 5,000 pounds or 2,268 kilograms. A grade 3 hitch tin can be used to pull a 24-foot or 7-meter boat trailer.

Form iv hitches are likewise much more heavy-duty hitches, specially because their mounting brackets distribute weight more evenly along the frame of the truck that is doing the towing. Course 4 hitches are designed for use with total-size trucks, and volition hands pull 7,500 pounds or 3,402 kilograms.

Class 5 hitches are the largest hitches available. Like class 4 hitches, they utilize heavy-duty mounting brackets designed to distribute weight more evenly along the frame of the truck, which helps preclude an uneven load from being placed on the driveshafts or suspension in the rear of the car. Class 5 hitches can pull every bit much as fourteen,000 pounds or 6,350 kilograms.

A class 1 hitch with a RV-dolly might get away with it, but RV's always have form iii'southward equally a minimum.

• #18

When I went to U-haul to see about renting a machine hauler trailer they said my pick-upwardly truck (2005 Chevy Colorado 2WD with class 1 hitch) was not big enough. QUOTE]

That is good advice from U-Haul, how far practice you lot accept to go?, are you friends with any tow companies that like cash?, any friends got a full sized truck?

• #19

dolly

OK I have used a dolly all over canada,USA & mex.for the final 30 years,every prov.is diff. every state is unequal.& aforementioned for mex. so if your only using it in 1 prov.notice out the rules.If your traveling all over get both insu. as some ploice are besides paid commission.

• #20

Merely shows how complicated a "unproblematic"? thing is.
Once more this is with regards to BC (sorry) and yeah these take been touched in the other posts only I practice take an actress or ii to add.

I thought (I may be incorrect) that ICBC was government run and therefore you lot would recall that the same police applies throughout Canada? I believe its just the personal insurance where you can go to a different company

The below is direct from my insurance broker

1) With a dolly, two wheels of the dollied automobile are touching the road therefore the dollied car has to have insurance, this is the aforementioned insurance equally a tag for driving.

ii) If all wheels are off of the basis and the car is on a trailer the trailered car does not need insurance, however, if the car comes off of the trailer the auto is not insured and the individual is liable for all costs resulting from the potential damage that the car causes weather to property or individuals. (scary)

3) The trailer does non need insurance as the towing vehicles insurance covers the trailer but non the contents of/on the trailer.

I guess if anyone is contemplating doing this cross province borders it may have a larger bearing with regards to insurance.

I've always insured our trailer (non car trailer) but nosotros were told last year by our insurance broker that trailer insurance was to protect us from whatsoever claim resulting from when the trailer is not fastened to our vehicle (besides as theft of the trailer).

It may not help with the original question simply its a fleck of info that may come in handy.

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