Choosing a trailer for transporting a car
For drivers with category “B” and those who do not want to receive category “BE”, the eternal question is whether they are allowed to pull a passenger unit with a car in the back. Yes, but only on the condition that:
- The total weight of the road train will not exceed 3.5 tons. Towed, for example, "Oka".
- The towing vehicle is equipped with a strong towbar with permissible load capacity.
- The tractor itself has acceptable body and engine characteristics for transportation, for example, this is a family of SUVs.
SUV with a trailer for transporting a car
A device for transporting cars can be purchased at any auto store. To make the right choice and not make a mistake in the model, pay attention to the following characteristics:
- The lineup.
- Technical features.
- Behavior on the highway.
Manufacturers of additional cargo transportation systems create mechanisms suitable for different situations on the road. This reduces the likelihood of accidents, skids and guarantees the complete delivery of the vehicle.
Car transporter trailers for passenger cars are usually grouped according to their purpose:
- Full loading of the vehicle onto the site.
Platform trailer for transporting a car
The full-load trailer is convenient for constant use; it has various designs and additional components. A simple option is a platform on which the car is placed using a cable or ladders with levers. Afterwards the wheels are attached. The car moves to its destination. When fully loaded, the choice of models expands. It is better to stay with biaxial units. They can withstand the weight of both an average car and an SUV.
- Roll-away trawls with partial room.
Trailer carriage for transporting a car
In this case, these are single axles, while the rear wheels of the vehicle remain on the road surface and rotate independently. In urban environments, situations arise when the vehicle does not need to be fully loaded. Delivery to a service station, garage or parking lot. Trailers with partial installation of a car differ:
- Small sizes.
- Convenient design.
- Low price.
- Necessary equipment for fixing a pair of wheels.
Specialized and special vehicles
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According to the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated February 13, 2013 No. 36 “On approval of the requirements for tachographs installed on vehicles, categories and types of vehicles equipped with tachographs, rules for the use, maintenance and control of the operation of tachographs installed on vehicles”, on Certain types of vehicles must have tachographs installed. However, there are exceptions that include special and specialized vehicles. In this regard, many people have a question - what is the difference between specialized and special vehicles?
Specialized vehicle
Paragraph 6 of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 018/2011 “On the safety of wheeled vehicles” gives the following definition of a specialized vehicle:
- A specialized vehicle is a vehicle designed for the transportation of certain types of cargo (petroleum products, food liquids, liquefied hydrocarbon gases, food products, etc.).
Specialized vehicles can be used for their intended purpose depending on the type of cargo being transported: for transporting soil, bulk cargo, concrete and mortars, bitumen, fuel, powdery cargo, building structures, long cargo, construction cargo in containers, technological equipment and construction machines.
You need to understand that a specialized vehicle is defined as such not by the nature of the cargo being transported, but by its design features that provide the appropriate conditions for transporting a certain cargo. In other words, a specialized vehicle is a vehicle equipped with special equipment that provides special conditions for the transportation of certain cargo.
Appendix No. 10 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 15, 2011 No. 272 “On approval of the Rules for the transportation of goods by road” defines a list of specialized vehicles.
1. Vehicles with a box body:
- refrigerated vans;
- vans with body heating.
2. Vehicles - tanks:
- tanks for transporting loose, powdery, dusty construction materials, including cement tankers;
- tanks for transportation of bulk food products: flour, grain, mixed feed, bran;
- tanks for transporting food liquids.
See also: Changes in traffic rules from December 14, 2020.
Bicycle zone 3. Vehicles for transporting construction materials:
- vehicles - panel carriers;
- vehicles - farm trucks;
- vehicles - concrete mixers;
- vehicles with a tipper body.
4. Vehicles for transporting animals.
5. Vehicles for transporting cars.
6. Vehicles - container ships.
7. Vehicles with a removable body.
8. Vehicles - garbage trucks.
9. Vehicles intended for the transport of dangerous goods in accordance with ADR (MEMU, EX/II, EX/III, FL, OX, AT).
Special vehicle
Paragraph 6 of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union TR CU 018/2011 “On the safety of wheeled vehicles” gives the following definition of a special vehicle:
- Special vehicle is a vehicle designed to perform special functions that require special equipment (truck cranes, fire trucks, vehicles equipped with lifts with working platforms, tow trucks, etc.).
The final list of special vehicles is not defined by law, however, special equipment installed on a vehicle must be provided for by the factory design of the vehicle or must be registered as a change in the design of the vehicle. It is important to know that the re-equipment of a vehicle is subject to state registration with the appropriate notes being made in the PTS and STS.
Some types of special vehicles:
- Cars, motorcycles and buses of operational police services;
- Ambulances;
- Emergency vehicles, fire trucks;
- Municipal utility vehicles – snow removal and watering equipment;
- Military transport (armored personnel carriers, combat vehicles, etc.);
- Intra-production transport used in enterprises;
- etc.
Bottom line. A specialized vehicle is designed to transport certain types of cargo. A special vehicle is designed to perform special functions.
We remind you that on the website, in the “Road Traffic Safety Documents” section, you can find samples of documents necessary for organizing work on road safety.
You can also purchase a ready-made package of documents for organizing work on road safety on the website www.trans-otdel.ru. The cost of the package is 2000 rubles.
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Trailer purpose
When choosing car transporters, they primarily rely on the volume of cargo transported. To open a business providing tow truck services, models with maximum load capacity are selected. But for personal purposes, it is more convenient to select a carriage for a specific car.
Models include:
- Brake system.
- Improved suspension.
- Four wheels plus one spare with mounting to the side.
- Winch for loading cars.
- Special ramps for safe vehicle movement.
- Support posts and legs at front and back.
- The awning occupies a special place. It can be: soft, made of tarpaulin, flexible polymer coating. A box made of plastic, panel plywood or thin-sheet iron is also used to protect the cargo. A combined method is often used.
Trailer for transporting a car
Some models have a car loading system, in which the car independently drives onto the platform and is secured with special supports. A machine up to 2 tons is secured with belts diagonally on 2 wheels or on all 4 wheels.
Trailer load capacity
When choosing a car transporter, the carrying capacity characteristics are important. This indicator plays a significant role when transporting cargo; its violation leads to a shift in equilibrium. Each trailer wheel takes a load of 300 to 500 kg. A six-wheel trailer on three axles has a safety margin. But in practice, the carrying capacity directly depends on the purpose of the car transporter:
- Partial loading units for a passenger car can withstand a load weighing 600 - 700 kg. They are used to transport vehicles weighing up to 1.5 tons. It is important for them that the dimensions of the car do not exceed the established standards.
- Full-load single-axle trucks have a load capacity of up to 2500 kg;
- Fully loaded two-axle passenger trailers can withstand weights from 1200 to 7500 kg.
Two-axle models are the most popular on the market, as their load capacity allows the installation of several vehicles. They can be supplemented with an awning, which will protect the transported vehicle from adverse external conditions.
Video review of the MZSA trailer for transporting a car
Heavy duty and articulated vehicles
Information » All-wheel drive off-road vehicles » Heavy duty and articulated vehicles
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To solve relatively narrow functional problems, special all-wheel drive vehicles and tractors, articulated vehicles, and all-terrain vehicles are created. Further development of all-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicles was the creation of heavy-duty multi-axle chassis and tractors based on them. Their development is driven by the need to install heavy equipment (cranes, special road construction machinery) and transport large cargo. This group of all-wheel drive vehicles includes vehicles with four or more axles. The tractors have 2.4 axles.
It should be noted the narrower transport and traction tasks of cars of this class and the lack of analogues in the composition of all-wheel drive cars, which led to the implementation of unconventional design solutions during their creation, both in the layout and in the design of the main units and systems. This is largely due to the lack of an established concept for using such machines. As a result, special vehicles are constantly being improved and sometimes with deviations from general solutions and designs.
A representative example of multi-axle vehicles of this type can be the MAZ-7310 car with an 8X8 wheel arrangement (Fig. 9). Its layout is made according to a design that is unconventional for conventional cars. Single cabs are located at the front of the frame, to the side of the engine. Some modifications have both two and three cabins. In the latter case, the third cabin is installed behind one of the front cabins, on the side. With this arrangement, a significant length of the frame is freed up for installing a capacious cargo platform or placing long-sized cargo with the possibility of using the space between the cabins (above the engine) for this purpose.
The layout of the axles along the base is as follows: two front and two rear axles are close together. The wheels of both front axles are steerable. This axle arrangement ensures good maneuverability of the vehicle, a relatively low level of dynamic loads when driving on uneven roads and stability of straight-line movement at high speeds.
The carrying capacity of a vehicle of this type reaches 60 tons or more with the number of axles 6 or more. With a large number of axes, some axes are made inactive.
On the basis of multi-axle wheeled chassis, tractors are created for towing heavy trailers and semi-trailers (Fig. 10). A characteristic feature of multi-axle wheeled chassis and tractors based on them is their oversized width. If the vast majority of all-wheel drive vehicles have a width that does not exceed the established standard (2500 mm), then for heavy-duty vehicles the width sometimes reaches the maximum permissible value according to the condition of fitting into the railway gauge 02-T (3200 mm) and even exceeds it. The operation of such a vehicle is carried out, as a rule, on special roads or routes and only as an exception, with precautions taken, on public roads.
The main technical characteristics of some multi-axle all-wheel drive vehicles (chassis) and tractors based on them are given in Table. 7. A somewhat separate place in the class of all-wheel drive vehicles is occupied by articulated wheeled vehicles and tractors. It should be noted that different goals were pursued when creating articulated machines of various carrying capacities, so it is difficult to clearly identify trends in their development. Each design, as a rule, is determined by the solution of specific problems (for example, ensuring particularly high cross-country ability in rough terrain, which is typical for vehicles such as the M-561 and Drag van) or is created on the basis of a prototype (for example, T-155 and T-155M).
The main advantage of articulated vehicles compared to conventional ones is their increased off-road capability, since when the links are articulated, it is possible to achieve better adaptability of the wheel propulsion device to the ground, i.e. realize greater traction force, and as a result of installing wider tires (since there is no need to provide a reserve of space for turning, there are no steering wheels in this case) - reduce pressure on the ground.
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