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Legal towing weight for Jeep and 3 Axel Trailer
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<blockquote data-quote="Pennine Ploughing" data-source="post: 7293483" data-attributes="member: 999"><p>I have to agree with this, I know a guy that got done, all because vosa men did not know how to interpret the law, it was thrown out before it got to court, </p><p>The towing vehicle and trailer plates only state the maximum authorised mass,</p><p>But a van of say 1400kg with a laden max gross of say 2.400kg and a maximum gross train weight of say 3.500kg,</p><p> so it can within law pull a 3.500kg trailer, that has an unladen weight of 800kg, with a load of 1000kg so trailer maximum gross weight is 1.800kg,</p><p>And the van towing it, is not totally empty and has some tools in it so say the van weights 1.625kg,</p><p>So the train weight together is 3.425kg, this is legal in the UK today</p><p>as long as it don't go over 3,500 train weight in total</p><p></p><p>It is the case now, they go on both the axle weights and gross train weight of towing vehicle ,</p><p>And I cannot think of the exact figures, but its something like a maximum static downward load of 75 kg on a ball hitch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pennine Ploughing, post: 7293483, member: 999"] I have to agree with this, I know a guy that got done, all because vosa men did not know how to interpret the law, it was thrown out before it got to court, The towing vehicle and trailer plates only state the maximum authorised mass, But a van of say 1400kg with a laden max gross of say 2.400kg and a maximum gross train weight of say 3.500kg, so it can within law pull a 3.500kg trailer, that has an unladen weight of 800kg, with a load of 1000kg so trailer maximum gross weight is 1.800kg, And the van towing it, is not totally empty and has some tools in it so say the van weights 1.625kg, So the train weight together is 3.425kg, this is legal in the UK today as long as it don't go over 3,500 train weight in total It is the case now, they go on both the axle weights and gross train weight of towing vehicle , And I cannot think of the exact figures, but its something like a maximum static downward load of 75 kg on a ball hitch. [/QUOTE]
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