Towing weight question (sorry)

[Loftyrules]

Hi guys

My car has a towing rating of 2 tonne, I have a 12ft Ifor flatbed in the shed that used to be pulled by my D-max no issues.

A few questions

1) Will my car be able to tow the trailer?
2) realistically will I be able to tow much with it? I.e my Fergie TE20
3) What size stock trailer could I tow with it and how many sheep? (Approx)

Thanks

 

[Lincs Lass]

12ft flat weighs roughly 700kg +or- ,that leaves you with 1.3 tn .
Might get away with the tractor on it.
As for a stock trailer ,an 8x5 at best and 10-15 woollies

 

[Loftyrules]

12ft flat weighs roughly 700kg +or- ,that leaves you with 1.3 tn .
Might get away with the tractor on it.
As for a stock trailer ,an 8x5 at best and 10-15 woollies

Thank you

 

[Spear]

Remember it’s the trailers plated weight that is the figure you need to look at

 

[Mursal]

We cant pull a double axle trailer with a 2wd vehicle (car or the like) and a single axle trailer is limited to 750kg as far as I know?
Nothing's easy ..........

 

[ollandroverman]

Remember it’s the trailers plated weight that is the figure you need to look at

No, that was successfully challenged in court by ifor williams. What matters is your towing vehicles plated towing capacity.

 

[ollandroverman]

We cant pull a double axle trailer with a 2wd vehicle (car or the like) and a single axle trailer is limited to 750kg as far as I know?
Nothing's easy ..........

Am afraid you are way off with your info there.
The number of axles Is irrelevant (with the highly unusual exception of the newest L200 stating it requires a 3 axle trailer to be allowed 3.5 ton trailer weight.)
You are confused with the UK max allowable UNBRAKED trailer being 750kg.
The figures that matter are that you don't exceed your vehicles max towing capacity, and that you also dont don't exceed your trailers max design weight.

 

[Mursal]

Thank you, anyway I shouldn'd have answered this thread as we are in Ireland, apologies for that, my mistake.

 

[Loftyrules]

Here you go, if this helps.

 

[roscoe erf]

Remember it’s the trailers plated weight that is the figure you need to look at

why

 

[roscoe erf]

No, that was successfully challenged in court by ifor williams. What matters is your towing vehicles plated towing capacity.

and your actual weight when stopped and weighed

 

[ollandroverman]

and your actual weight when stopped and weighed

I thought that could go without saying for the purpose of this thread, otherwise you would have carefully calculated your max payload, and then chosen to ignore it!

 

[ridger]

We cant pull a double axle trailer with a 2wd vehicle (car or the like) and a single axle trailer is limited to 750kg as far as I know?
Nothing's easy ..........

They still make twin axle caravans, not jeepavans

 

[roscoe erf]

I thought that could go without saying for the purpose of this thread, otherwise you would have carefully calculated your max payload, and then chosen to ignore it!

I never assume with tff

 

[astra]

We cant pull a double axle trailer with a 2wd vehicle (car or the like) and a single axle trailer is limited to 750kg as far as I know?
Nothing's easy ..........

Any link to show this?

 

[Mursal]

No sorry I'm afraid not, I must have been dreaming?
Looked and all I could find was the 2012 trailer regulations, click
More details here

 

[astra]

That's OK,u had me worried there for a while..

 

[essexpete]

No, that was successfully challenged in court by ifor williams. What matters is your towing vehicles plated towing capacity.

Is that right. I have a customer that tows 3500kg plated horse trailer with a freelander but only put one horse in. So if they are under the max weight allowed by the tow vehicle they are ok? Seems to be uncertain.

 

[roscoe erf]

Is that right. I have a customer that tows 3500kg plated horse trailer with a freelander but only put one horse in. So if they are under the max weight allowed by the tow vehicle they are ok? Seems to be uncertain.

For overloads it’s your actual weight not theoretical but it’s different with driving licence

 

[ollandroverman]

Is that right. I have a customer that tows 3500kg plated horse trailer with a freelander but only put one horse in. So if they are under the max weight allowed by the tow vehicle they are ok? Seems to be uncertain.

Yes. Got it in one.
Nothing uncertain about it.
As long as you are under both the vehicles max towing capacity, and also under the trailers max capacity you are ok
You are not penalised for towing an overspecified trailer.