cossie daz

Hi all ,
Would a st200 mondeo be legal to toe a saff on a trailer ??

I'm after a car to tow with and would this be legal

muz

Depends when you got your license, mate.

DanW@FastFord

iTrader: (1)

8mpg anyone!

stuart collins

iTrader: (7)

mine was doin 4mpg goin to fitp

OldDan

Whats towing weight of car?

RS500/364

i towed the saff with my modeo and belive me the MPG was still saying 48mpg the same as not towing !

The Youth.

iTrader: (1)

I towed my sierra race car with my old ST200 not a problem at all
getting going is easy it's the stopping thats the problem!

steve

cossie daz

I got entitlement on my license
I'm old

I've been offered a st200 estate and want to tow my track saff on trailer .
I'm sure the car towing has to be heavier than car and trailer but unsure.

So is a st mondeo legal to tow ?
St good at towing then ?

focusv8

Even without looking up the towing limits for the ST, it won't be legal.
It never is to tow a car of similar weight, on a trailer, with another.
4 X 4, L/rover etc. is the only guaranteed exception.

stevieturbo

Or a van.

I think as long as the towed unit doesnt exceed the GVW of the tow vehicle, or some percentage of it then it is legal.

But the laws are that fucked up, it's hard to know.

cossie daz

This is what I thought

a-mac

get your self a 530d bmw manual great cars for towing and good on the fuel

i tow my escort with one

stevieturbo

But will still be illegal for most due to weights etc. Unless it's a very light car and trailer.

phil_focus

you need to know the towing capacity of the mondeo!

Minirotty

I have towed with mine lots n lots of times and also been placed on a weigh bridge thingy with an RS2000 on the trailor and been waved away happy.

rs2klee

hi, what about using an A-Frame.. less weight to tow !

tabetha

Simply look on the "weight" stamped plate on the slam panel, that's the first place plod will look if they stop you.
I've towed a mk1 mondy ghia 2.0 with a mk2 astra 1600 auto, didn't get stopped, if you think it's scary stopping a sierra/trailer with s ST220, try stopping a rangey whilst towing with a metro, scary stuff!!
tabetha

OldDan

Saph needs to be taxed and MOT'd to be on an A Frame.

Oh and insured now too.

Madgit

Sure years ago I read that fitting a tow bar to a ST estate was a major issue can't remember what it was though sorry

mechanic28

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also depends if the trailor has brakes as well i think

a-mac

parkers guide say's it can tow braked trailer 2000kg my trailer's 500kg


http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/...px?deriv=19608

DanW@FastFord

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That's for the Mk3 ST220. Ford advised against fitting them. It's not a problem on the Mk2.

bj928

the towing weight of a mondeo is around 1800kg, which is way more than the mondeo weighs, as is the tow weight of a lot of cars, it has nothing at all to do with the weight of the tow vehicle, as any trailer has to have working brakes if over 750kg, so the tow vehicle isn't doing all the stopping. if the trailer brakes are knackered then there is an issue, people that talk about trailers having to be lighter then tow vehicle and only aloud to tow 85% the weight of tow vehicle need to shut up and let people who know what they are talking about answer the question, i've been towing for the last 25 years, as long as the max towing weight is kept under, and the train weight is kept under you will be fine, i would say with a sierra on the trailer you would be very close to limit, but you would have to weigh it to see if over or under.

stevieturbo

A-frame will fall very foul of unbraked weight laws for virtually any car.

And according to this.


http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/forms/~/m...ets/INF30.ashx

It is quite clear about that for most license categories

So according to the DVLA, despite BMW saying 530 can tow 2000kg. If the Unladen weight is 1700kg, then legally here in the UK it cannot tow more than 1700kg.