FAO: Any Knowledgeable Car/Licensing People RE; Towing

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I no if u passed your test after 1997 and u want to tow a decent sized trailer u have to take a test.

not a problem.

but what is it we 70% and kerb weights ect?

What does GVW Mean?? Gross Vehicle Weight??
What does GCW mean?? Gross Cerb Weight??

says these on vin tag.
GVW-1645 KG
GCW-2375KG

AXEL 1-785KG
AXEL 2-860KG

wanting to tow a trailer of couple hundred kilos and an 800kg car so upto a tonne and a bit???

 

as long as the car is capable and the total weight does not exceed 3.5 tonnes you can tow 750kg.

not sure on vin off top of my head.

the axel weights will be the amount of weight that can be loaded in total over each axel. ie you may have 800kg in car but if its all over xel 1 its over loaded, basically needs to be spread.

 

if you need to tow more than 750kg then you would need your B+E licence, although my understanding is that you cannot exceed 3.5tonnes total weight unless you go on to do a C1 licence, but for full weight up to 44tonnes you need you C and then C+E licence.

 

www.DVLA.co.uk



Luciano

 

Gross Combination Weight,
Now called Gross Train weight.
The Max Permitted weight of the towing vehicle, it's load, the trailer and it's load.


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