Originally Posted by
James
Interesting, i thought as long as the GTW didn't exceed 3500kg, i didn't exceed the MAM of the trailer & didn't exceed the towing capacity of the vehicle i was fine with my B licence ? Is this true?
What i have:
Range rover, kerb weight 2130kg, maximum towing capactiy 3500kg. So my horse box, which is un-plated with 66 rating tyres = 1200kg maximum weight? My box weighs 770kg which leaves 430kg worth of horse?
430kg of horse + 770kg trailer weight + 2130 of car = 3330kg gtw. give & take a few kg for passengers/fuel + still under 3500kg so all good, correct?
Things start to change however when i couple up my ifor williams hb505. MAM trailer weight 3500kg + 2130 of car = gtw of 5630kg = 2130kg too heaving for my b licence.
ILLEGAL on a B licence in both cases
The RR has a GVW of 2780 so that only leaves a max of 750 MAM for a trailer
Anything over 2750 GVW can only tow 750 on a B licence
Anything under 2750 GVW can tow a trailer up to a combined GVW/MAM of 3500
EXAMPLE
GVW of 2200 can tow a trailer with a plated MAM(or tyre rating) of 1300 as long as the unladen weight of the towing vehicle is 1300 or more