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Originally Posted by sikelsh
I think your wrong
That link doesnt say that
Car licences obtained on or after 1 January 1997
If you passed a car test on or after 1 January 1997 you're limited to vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes maximum authorised mass towing a trailer up to 750kgs, or a vehicle and trailer combination up to 3.5 tonnes MAM providing the MAM of the trailer doesn't exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle. You will need to pass an additional driving test in B+E if you wish to tow a caravan or trailer combination which exceeds these weight limits.
Further Reading
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...es/DG_10013073 |
The important bit in this I've highlighted in bold.
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.