Bailes1992

How much are these likley to weigh?

The other half wants to get one from Cornwall and I'm the only one who has a car with a towbar.

My other halfs Dad is on an older Licence so he will be fine to tow but wondering if I should be ok to tow?

Although instinct tells me a Mini and a smallish trailer are going to weigh more than 750kg's

haz87

Depends how rusty it is...

Bailes1992

Was expecting that

haz87

Stolen off the web:
The original Mini may weigh between 580kg and 660kg, and late-1990s models weigh approximately 700kg.

Bailes1992

Just read elsewhere that aslong as the trailer does not weigh more than the car and overall the car weighs less than 3500kgs I should be fine?

My car weighs 1.4 tonnes unlaiden so providing the trailer and mini are less than that I should be fine?
Cars a 2002 Peugeot 406 2.0 HDi 90 saloon by the way.

God it's all confusing

martysmartie

iTrader: (1)

Not alot at all, the actual car is around 500-600KG.

The A series engine is a vast amount of the cars weight I should think

So out of interest is that a 1L or 1.3 she is getting?

Martin

martysmartie

iTrader: (1)

I can make sense of that, the trailer can't be heavier than the car, which is extremley unlikely I should think, and the combined weight is no more than 3,500KG which is 3.5 tonnes isn't it?

So yes you will be fine.

Martin

Bailes1992

I have no idea, neither of us know anything about minis. She just wants one to rebuild

Apparentley her Dad has one years ago and knows abit though.

I did more research when I went to buy my two hamsters

neilscott83

Don't think your allowed to tow anything over 750kg that's trailor and whatever's on it.

martysmartie

iTrader: (1)

There very easy to work on, and a very interesting car, the gearbox is in the sump, and it will have an SU carb, unless it's a more modern one, then it will be EFI.

As the saying goes everyone has to have a Mini in there life, not those shameless BMW rip of things, which are nothing like Minis!

Martin

Bailes1992

http://trailertowingtrainingcentre1.tru-m.com/rules.php

neilscott83

3.5 ton maximum gross weight I.e car and trailor, but trailor must not exceed 750kg all depends what the unladen weight of your trailor is.

Bailes1992

Thats what I thought the case was.
Even more confused now. The Direct Gov website dosen't give you any figures at all

I would expect the trailer (It's come form of box trailer) to weigh around 200kg's + so I'm stuffed in that case.

Bailes1992

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...cles/DG_192285

Got it.
Second bullet point down...
a trailer over 750 kilograms maximum gross weight as long as it is no more than the unladen or 'kerb' weight of the towing vehicle (up to 3,500 kilograms in total)

I should be fine

neilscott83

I'm a lorry driver and get confused with it all tbh lol.

Bailes1992

They don't make it easy! Tell you that