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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7215 Location: Edinburgh

What do you have? I'll kick this off with a still image from video where one of the culprits is quoted as saying: "I can't remember. Was it Mr Scott who said the handbrake worked?" Mr Scott "No, I said I applied it!"

I should add that neither car nor trailer nor towing vehicle belonged to me.

Peter Rolling Eyes

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1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon

mid · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 136 Location: Northampton

i've got a very similar photo to that....

we had just finished building the trailer and this was its test drive, thats my mazda on the back (well thats where it started) and thats my father in law and his little van towing it.

we were very happy with the way it towed, all lights worked and everything was very stable - we then decided to test the brakes... they worked very well - too well... the mazda broke free from all its straps and ended up over the top of the A frame and in the back doors of the van.

we had to remove the wheels from the van and drop it on the floor to get enough room to un hitch the trailer, we then managed with the help of the ramps to winch the mazda back on.

needless to say, from then on we used more, and much bigger straps on the car and also added some wheel chocks!