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Towing Limits with a 90
clbarclay:
From what I understand you can also use electricly operated brakes for couple brakeing. The important feature is that the trailer brekes are operated by the brake pedal.
Lumbering Jack:
I may be wrong but am fairly sure electrically operated brakes aren't legal on trailers in th U.K. though they are very popular in the U.S and Canada.
Daft thing is they can legally tow much heavier trailers than we can over here yet heir braking systems aren't considered safe enough! :?:
crazymac:
The americans do tow bigger loads than us, but the Hummer has a max limit of 1600KG I'm told??
The weight limits are linked to two wheel/ four wheel drive, for example
most Landrovers can tow 3500KG braked, but an L200 can only pull 2700KG braked. This is because they have selectable 4x4
Theoretically a series landy can only tow 2700 as well!!
Range Rover Blues:
The towing limit of any car is determined by it's ability to set off up a pre-determined gradient with a trailer weighing that amount, don't ask me what gradient.
Because of the low-box all LR products are just having a laugh here. I've seen 3.5RRC towing combine harvesters out of fields and heard about the police moving 38tonne truck up the hard shoulder.
The reason it's 3,500 kg is that's the most you can tow legally on over-run brakes, hence earlier RRC could tow 4,000kg with hydraulic coupled brakes.
It's not also the limit within the catagory B+E on your licence, I may be a littl eoff here but I don't think a cat B car can tow more than 3,500 Kg, over 7'6" wide or 23' long.
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: "Lumbering Jack" ---I may be wrong but am fairly sure electrically operated brakes aren't legal on trailers in th U.K. though they are very popular in the U.S and Canada.
--- End quote ---
No, they're not, as a lot of boat trailers apparantly aren't road-legal when supplied with a US built boat
--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---
Because of the low-box all LR products are just having a laugh here. I've seen 3.5RRC towing combine harvesters out of fields and heard about the police moving 38tonne truck up the hard shoulder.
--- End quote ---
Seen them do it a few times, it's still fascinating to watch.
The most I've done (it was with the 50th) was about 26tons. A laden 6x4 tanker that had tried to cut over a verge & had spun itself 4 little holes.
Luckily I was on dry tarmac
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