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Iknow this, to get to morocco you must transit Spain! and Its not legal to tow a car . It must be on a Grua (car transporter) in fact a trailer must be registered and plated with its own papers and number. lots of M/Hs get away with it. Spanish drivers are not used to seeing vehicles being towed! so be aware. DO you need to tow a car? we have a fantastic bus service in Spain, its very cheap and all have Air con and mostly new.
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One thing is for sure......you will, as far as the law is concerned, have no problems with an "A" frame. I fact I would also say that you could sell it a dozen times over.
What may present a problem, depending on where you go, is the practicality of towing with an "A" frame. Some of the roads on say the Dades Gorge, Tizzi no Test, Rich-Imishill etc have quite severe and tight bends, often at an upward and/or downward position [does that make sense?]. Even a motorhome with any sort of overhang will ground etc etc.....
Also entry to some campsites are not "A" frame friendly, Source Blue Meski for example...........
Also make sure that you get a good ferry price. Some agents will charge for Motorhome AND car.....others?? If you go and need tickets, that will class extra unit as a trailer and therefore cheaper, give us a call.
But don't be put off.....just go!
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We towed our trailer all over Morocco, see my picture albums and signature pic, .. only had to unhitch a few times.. go for it.. you'll have a great time, just take extra care as Ray advises..
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...you must transit Spain! and Its not legal to tow a car....
...... unless of course you're from another EU country where it's legal to tow a car on an A-frame, in which case EU-wide legislation provides that all member states honour the road traffic legislation of the visitor......
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unless of course you're from another EU country where it's legal to tow a car on an A-frame, in which case EU-wide legislation provides that all member states honour the road traffic legislation of the visitor......
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Not been to Morocco with A Frame, but most other countries in Europe without problem. Go for it and enjoy!
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unless of course you're from another EU country where it's legal to tow a car on an A-frame, in which case EU-wide legislation provides that all member states honour the road traffic legislation of the visitor......
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Thats not quite true according to a poster on outandabout:
The 'temporary importation' rules are, I'm afraid, not quite as you and many others (including myself) have assumed them to be. The fact that a vehicle registered in, say, Spain, is road legal in that country does NOT make it legal to temporarily use it in the UK - or other EU countries. An obvious example is that, when 44 tonne MAM trucks were introduced in Europe, we stuck, for several years to a maximum gross weight of 38 tonnes and foreign vehicles had to comply with this maximum. In the same way, they must comply with our height, width and length limits, regardless of what the limits are in their own countries. The marking requirements for long vehicles still differ between countries and you must comply with the host country here too. There are other examples, but it is by no means clear that:
a) A-Frames are legal in the UK
b) even if they are, that you can legally drive them elsewhere in Europe.
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