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The MAM (Maximum authorised mass / maximum capacity of the trailer) cant exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle So a trailer with a capacity of 1.5t (regardless if its empty or loaded) would be illegal to tow, on your licence with most of the Rover 75 range. This gets worse if you look at a larger car, I.E. a discovery, you'd be limited to the 700kg. To confuse things even more, if you go for a lighter car and heavier trailer, you cant go over 3.5t combined. Its a law, that while makes a degree of sense, forces you down a route of getting something unsuitable to tow with should you wish to tow anything of reasonable size! I've not done my trailer test, but passed my class one HGV last year, I can tow just about anything now without taking the trailer test, seems rather daft to me, an articulated wagon and a car and trailer are two completely different beasts! A lot of folk in the horse world get there horsebox 'down plated' to ensure they fall within the law, a 2t capacity trailer gets 'down plated' to say 1t, so they can tow it. It really is just changing the stamped capacity plate, and is perfectly legal. Although if you just remove the plate, or its an old trailer without one, they go on tyre ratings! Crackers.
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At the factory, a lot of caravan manufacturers do the same. They derate the caravan chassis, lower that what it was designed for. Reason, it helps their sales to less capable vehicle owners. It thus restricts the payload which can be legally carried in the caravan by the owner. Its a simple job to have it rerated up to its original rating, just a simple change of rating plate - but it costs. You pay the manufacture maybe £100 for the replacement.
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5th June 2018, 09:03 | #33 |
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All this about difference licenses confuses the hell out of me im nearly 23 and got my licence in november 2014 so i know i would need to take a test. what test i wouldnt have a clue.
The things i am wanting to tow would be a car trailer carring an austin metro or a rover metro and possible a small caravn/trailer tent. Now i have a 2.0 tourer with big tow bar its someting i would like to look into. what are the kinda costs involved. thank you |
5th June 2018, 09:11 | #34 | |
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Your not a million miles from these based near York. They are not the cheapest, but have an excellent pass rate, new vehicles etc. I did my class 2 and class 1 with them, highly recommended. http://www.tockwithtraining.co.uk/trailer_training.html
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