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AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE STANDARDS RULES - REG 169

Attachment of couplings and drawbar eyes on road trains

A drawbar-type coupling, or drawbar eye, used in a road train must be built and positioned so:

        (a)     when the road train is moving, the drawbar can move at least 15° upwards or downwards from the position it occupies when the road train is parked on level ground; and

        (b)     the pivot point of the coupling is not over 300 millimetres forward of the rear of the trailer to which it is attached; and

        (c)     it is at a height of at least 800 millimetres, but not over 950 millimetres, when the road train is unloaded and parked on level ground.



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