Whoa Nelly , "Pet traffic cop"still dont get it, your terrano will have a train weight.
car or 4x4 is not important.
i will check with my pet trafic cop in morning.
Now I've got to get me one of those
Whoa Nelly , "Pet traffic cop"still dont get it, your terrano will have a train weight.
car or 4x4 is not important.
i will check with my pet trafic cop in morning.
i tow leagly for work all the time, very rare to see trailers on the roof, but caravans, well......
make sure you have plenty of nose weight, if not, crash.
as you say, 85% is rule of thumb, how much do you think and artic tractor unit weighs, compared to its trailer?
yes i know, air brakes, but i can drive one.
still not sure what is being said about weight.
average trailer even our ifors are only 5 or 600kg empty, are you saying beacuse its max mass is 3500kg you cant tow it empty?
not true, i will check with the law in the morning, but it make no sense, i know lots of laws dont, but it just doesnt.
maximum towing weight is unit being towed, maximum train weight is towing vehicle weight plus towed vehicle weight.
hence 5310kg for terrano.
VOSA towing laws state that the max weight your trailer can carry (even if you never load it this much) must be equal to or less than what your vehicle can tow which it is so it's all good.
so am i reading this right, a vehicle say max tow 2800kgs cant therefore tow a 3500kg trailer laden or unladen only a vehicle rated to 3500kg as its equal or less than![]()
yes even if u had a tralier rated at 3500kg the terrano can not tow it even if unloaded as max tow weight is 2800kg well thats if you get bstopped by the police:doh they c it that as the tralier can carry more you would carry more than what the car can tow but u wouldnt would you:augie but thats the law:doh
no trailer should weigh more than towing vehicle, but there are exceptions to this, but im not too sure what they are, the 85% for caravans is not a legal requirement but a guide to safe towing. :thumbs
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Walters - a despicable bunch of arsewiping bar stewards...thanks a lot for getting the Sarn closed lads.:doh
you got me their lolok, sado here has spoken to some people this morning!
all are as confused, vosa just seem to be using confusion to there own end.
but the final person i spoke to is a dvla approved driving instructor.
if you hold b+E the mam of the trailer may exceed the weight of the towing vehicle.
the mam of my ford maverick is 5380kg, so i can tow a total weight of 2800kg in my 3500kg mam trailer, so have to underload trailer.
the loaded weight of combined unit may not exceed the mam.
people without b+e test after 97 may not drive a vehicle with a mam greater than 3500kg, which does rather beg the question, do they need to take a test to drive a l/r or terrano or similar??
maybe someone knows, this seems even more a grey area?
or maybe this is more gvw area, again all very confusing.
but happy now my trailer towing is ok, one point of interst, a non b+e driver may tow an overweight trailer if for the reason of recovering a vehicle, restriction on how far etc. but.....
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