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Originally Posted by Mike_Brace

If you are towing a broken down vehicle by means of a rope, pole or A Frame the vehicle must be taxed MOTed and insured. If towing anything more than a short distance use a pole, it is safer and easier than a rope. Remember to display the towing vehicles reg on the towed vehicle. If you are towing using an A frame it comes into one of those areas of is it an unbraked trailer (limiting you to 750kg).
My advice would be use a pole if vehicle is road legal - if not the only legal way is on a trailer or transporter. If on a trailer you are likely to be exceeding the tow cars towing weight if it is a Volvo.
In the past I have towed vehciles that were not road legal and used trailers that exceeded the tow cars towing weight. I would not consider doing it now though as it is just too great a risk and you are more likely to be stopped nowadays without the possibility of being warned.

Mike

thanks mike, looks like its gonna be a trailer jobbie then. I will have to see about borrowing my mums disco then!!