New towing regulation helps UK machine users

Catrin Jones Editor, Construction Europe

23 July 2024

JCB said it had helped secure a change in regulations which will allow trailers to be towed on the road by wheeled construction machinery.

The decision impacts towing rules in England, Scotland, and Wales and has led the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) to establish a new Vehicle Special Order (VSO).

With the new regulation, machine users will be allowed to use wheeled engineering machinery, such as backhoe loaders and wheeled excavators, to tow a…

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