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Tow weight
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16 Dec 2017 12:45 #187533
by facade
A 1400kg plated trailer is going to have you explaining to the policeman who stops you that the train weight is still below 2720kg because there is not a full load, most of them will take the max vehicle weight off the max train weight and get 1300kg, then spot the trailer is plated over that and you are into discussion time.
I remember a discussion a while back* (don't think it was on here) over this exact point and the legal status of an empty trailer plated to exceed the difference between the max train weight and max vehicle weight when full. No-one seemed to know, or could point to legislation that definitively said whether you could be prosecuted or not.
*was a while ago, but I think it was about using a borrowed heavy duty car transporter to collect a light car, so the loaded trailer would be way below the plated weight, but the plated weight exceeded the towing allowance.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Tow weight
11/60 wrote: Most small ifor williams trailers have a mam of 1400kg and an unladen weight just below 300kg which is perfect for a Jimny.
A 1400kg plated trailer is going to have you explaining to the policeman who stops you that the train weight is still below 2720kg because there is not a full load, most of them will take the max vehicle weight off the max train weight and get 1300kg, then spot the trailer is plated over that and you are into discussion time.
I remember a discussion a while back* (don't think it was on here) over this exact point and the legal status of an empty trailer plated to exceed the difference between the max train weight and max vehicle weight when full. No-one seemed to know, or could point to legislation that definitively said whether you could be prosecuted or not.
*was a while ago, but I think it was about using a borrowed heavy duty car transporter to collect a light car, so the loaded trailer would be way below the plated weight, but the plated weight exceeded the towing allowance.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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