Buyers Products BDL253 Drawbar Lock, Silver

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In foggy weather you should avoid parking on the road; if you must park on the road, leave your parking lights on. Parking on a hill UK operators of drawbar combinations include animal feed supplier Harbro. It has acquired an IVECO S-Way 6x2 rigid equipped with a 7.9m curtainsider body and fitted with a VBG coupling which it uses to haul a tri-axle curtainsider trailer. When deliveries have to be made to farms that are difficult to access, the driver uncouples the trailer and takes the feed in using the rigid. It has a rear-steer third axle to aid manoeuvrability.

The drawbar should not be confused with the fifth wheel coupling. The drawbar requires a trailer which either loads the drawbar lightly (for example a small boat trailer, or caravan, or the load is the weight of the coupling components only (larger trailers, usually but not always with a steerable hauled axle, front or rear). By contrast, the fifth wheel is designed to transmit a proportion of the load's weight to the hauling vehicle. Drawbar configuration is mostly seen on hydraulic modular trailer and ballast tractor combination to haul oversize loads which require special trailer and tractor. convenient – you’re more likely to cause damage, either to your vehicle or another vehicle, if it’s an awkward spot Leave the vehicle in gear: if the parking brake fails, the engine should stop the wheels turning. (This only applies to an HGV with manual gears.) Although in a distant second place compared to fifth wheels, drawbar couplings are used in the UK and must be properly cared for to continue to serve in the long term, finds Steve Banner Agricultural equipment is hauled by a tractor-mounted drawbar. Specialist agricultural tools such as ploughs are attached to specialist drawbars which have functions in addition to transmitting tractive force. This was partly made redundant with Ferguson's development of the three-point linkage in his famous TE20.Bear in mind that if a drawbar combination is involved in an accident, and the cause appears to be a fault in the link between the prime mover and the trailer, then the enforcement authorities will want to see evidence that inspection and maintenance procedures were adhered to. The operator will be in hot water if no such evidence can be produced. use the equipment provided to avoid working at height; if you cannot avoid it, use fall arrest systems, especially when roping and sheeting

It uses a crosshair which enables the driver to aim for the towing eye when reversing (pictured). Green guiding lines indicate the optimum height range of the vehicle in relation to the eye. If you’re parking at night on a road, you must use the parking lights on your vehicle. You do not need to use lights if you’re parked off-road, eg in a lorry park.

Turning to the couplings themselves, V.Orlandi is now supplying them with a cast steel rather than a cast iron jaw. “Cast steel is standard on the 57mm coupling and optional on the 50mm model,” says Walton. “It’s harder to break than cast iron.” If your vehicle has air suspension, remember that it may move when you park it or when you start it: make sure you’re not parked too close to other vehicles, buildings, street furniture, etc, which the vehicle body could collide with if it moves.

Other brands are heading down the cast steel route, too – but no matter whether cast steel or cast iron is involved, drawbar couplings have to be treated with consideration. Our web shop displays general advertisements. We do not keep any personal data, so we do not know if you like them.If you’re stopping overnight in a lorry park, it’s a good idea to park with the rear doors close to another lorry to keep the load safe. Always park in a secure, well-lit, reputable lorry park or designated parking area if possible.