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MAM weights
playboaterkev:
you can tow atrailer without doing a test as long as the total trailer weight is not over 750 kg
redhand:
Not strictly true.
You can tow any trailer so long as the Gross train weight does not exceed 3.5tonnes and the weight of the trailer is less than the unladen weight of the towing vehicle. I have gandfather rights, as I passed my test before 1997. But if I hadn't done so I could still tow a trailer up to 1100kg. I drive a 90, and the GVW of the 90 is 2400kg +1100kg woul bring it upto the limit of 3500kg.
playboaterkev:
i passed after 1997 and i can only tow a trail up to 750 kg when loaded as that is the info on my lic. And what the DVLA have told me as i needed to tow a big trailer for work.
redhand:
--- Quote from: playboaterkev on July 22, 2009, 08:24:10 ---i passed after 1997 and i can only tow a trail up to 750 kg when loaded as that is the info on my lic. And what the DVLA have told me as i needed to tow a big trailer for work.
--- End quote ---
No that's not true. the rules are as stated in my previous post. and copied from the Direct.gov website.
Category B: Vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes MAM and with up to eight passenger seats
Category B vehicles may be coupled with a trailer up to 750kgs MAM (allowing a combined weight up to 4.25 tonnes MAM) or a trailer over 750kgs MAM provided the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen weight of the towing vehicle, and the combination does not exceed 3.5 tonnes MAM.
For example:
* a vehicle with an unladen weight of 1.25 tonnes and a MAM of 2 tonnes coupled with a trailer with a MAM of 1.25 tonnes could be driven by the holder of a category B entitlement. This is because the MAM of the combination does not exceed 3.5 tonnes and also the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen weight of the drawing vehicle
Whereas
* the same vehicle with an unladen weight of 1.25 tonnes and a MAM of 2 tonnes when coupled with a trailer with a MAM of 1.5 tonnes would fall within category B+E. This is because although the combined weight of the vehicle and trailer is within the 3.5 tonnes MAM limit, the MAM of the trailer is more than the unladen weight of the drawing vehicle
* Vehicle manufacturers normally recommend a maximum weight of trailer appropriate to their vehicle. Details can usually be found in the vehicle's handbook or obtained from car dealerships. The size of the trailer recommended for an average family car with an unladen weight of around 1 tonne would be well within the new category B threshold.
and the website the above was copied from. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/CaravansTrailersCommercialVehicles/DG_10013073
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