Spec lift laws

[winterheating]

Is there any reason why you couldn't combine A spec lift idea with a recovery body??

So the front wheels onto a beaver tail and dropped into an opening like on a spec lift?

Does a spec lift articulate normally? Or is it fixed ?

Also how can they be in use without having the towed vehicle braked???

Basically thinking of a scenario where you have a recovery truck that is able to take the weight but not the length of the broken vehicle.......

[jay]

you will find a lot of 7.5t upwards recovery/tilt and slide usually have a spec lift under the body..spec swivels like transit specs do..
they are in use as recovery only which is why towed car/lorry/van dont need to be braked,bigger specs/underlifts also have a air pipe to supply air to a lorry being towed to keep the brakes off as well.
when you mean length i assume u mean say you go out in a 7.5tonne to pick up a jumbo transit the tranny wont go on the bed as its body hits the ground when trying to load so you put it on the spec lift instead(done that a few times with xlwb sprinters on my old cargo)as long as the spec is able to lift the weight(plated weight on the spec body/arm)its ok

[Muttley]

Be careful with the overhang though

[Guy88]

if i read it the way i think i am then your thinking of putting the front onto the bed and support the rear with the spec

if so i doubt you could, the spec wouldnt lift high enough to do it

there articualted when in use and fixed when not, normally they unlock automatically

also generally dont see many beavertails with a spec on it as the approach angle is so high most cars catch

slidebed is the way to go, if it dont fit on then spec it

also an easy way of recovering heavier vehicles (too heavy for GVW but light enough for the GTW) and when its say a luton and its windy

[jay]

I have fond memorys and tight arse cheeks when i had a luton van on the back of a 71.5tonnne slide bed with another on the spec and going over orwell bridge in high winds..

[125neil]

If I read it correctly do you mean having the front of the vehicle on the back of the truck and the rear wheels on the ground and rolling? If so there is such a truck operating around the Birmingham area, I have not been close enough to see how it works but basically last time I saw it there was a Van on the beavertail with its front wheels just behind the back axle, its rear wheels were on the ground. It was swb relay/boxer van being towed and the towing vehicle is a 3.5 tonne beavertail. I can only assume that the beavertail part of the transporter swivels somehow for it to work.

[Muttley]

If they strapped the front wheels to the bed and kept the winch cable on it then the steering would allow it to turn. Totally illegal though

[winterheating]

Yeah I meant to just put front wheels on the back of beaver and rear wheels on the ground.

How much would it have to twist to be right, as much as a trailer?
Is there a minimum measurement overall of the 2 vehicles before it needs to pivot?

[Muttley]

Yeah I meant to just put front wheels on the back of beaver and rear wheels on the ground.

How much would it have to twist to be right, as much as a trailer?
Is there a minimum measurement overall of the 2 vehicles before it needs to pivot?

As I say above, totally illegal, you would be done for an insecure load

[winterheating]

If they strapped the front wheels to the bed and kept the winch cable on it then the steering would allow it to turn. Totally illegal though

Be good if front wheels could be strapped correctly and a steering setup fixed legally....

[winterheating]

So what exactly makes a spec lift legal then...

[Muttley]

No, it could never be legal. Your load must be supported fully by the body if its a beavertail. Half of it hanging off the back will never do A spec lift is designed for lift and tow of disabled vehicles.

[winterheating]

So something like this could never be incorporated with a beaver tail.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9XVA2rv ... ata_player

[Muttley]

Yopu could feasably fit a spec under the back of a beaver. Problem is that the tail of the body would be too low for the frame to fit. You would also not be able to lift high enuff to tow Thats a Century repo truck and that guy has done that before, top lift and tow all under a minute, class!

[winterheating]

I've watched this 3 times and can't see how the hell it works....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKWeegq ... ata_player