Towing advice needed

[Jakg]

Originally Posted by tdi90

When did the laws change? I passed my test in the early naughty's so am also B only, but the examiner said I'm fine to tow upto 3500kg total. Anymore more or a higher trailer weight than the tow car would require the B + E test. I asked as at the time my ex wife and I just got our first caravan and she wasnt keen on towing.
Been towing all sorts since then (well within the 3500kg total weight limit) and never had any issues.

Checked https://www.gov.uk/towing-with-car/what-you-can-tow and it looks like I'm right (phew, cant be doing with paying for another test)

Looks like I was wrong on the specifics, but the sums still don't work.

B only means:
"tow a trailer over 750kg MAM as long as the combined MAM of the trailer and towing vehicle is no more than 3,500kg"

MAM of a 75 is a smidge over 2 tons, any the lightest trailer I can find on Briam James' website that will take a 75 is 2,600KG MAM - that's a total of over 4.6 tons MAM which is obviously above the MAM allowed.