Posted on 18/03/2021 22:23
So my question is- so to make this simple i have made up these weights, so if i have a car weighing 1900kg and the tow bar weight is say 100kg, so to work out the recommended weight of what can be towed do i use the vehicle weight as 2000kg or 1900kg?
thanks
Posted on 19/03/2021 22:38
The way I'm reading this (incorrectly?) is imagine your van weighs 1300kg and has a nose weight of say 75kg. When hooked up to the car then technically is the weight of the van now 1225kg, that is the weight going through the tyres to the road, as 75kg is on the hitch.
If you asked a scientist they would probably say yes, this is the case. The mass of the vehicle is measured through it's direct point of contacts with the ground.
Colin
Posted on 19/03/2021 22:38 by eribaMottersThe way I'm reading this (incorrectly?) is imagine your van weighs 1300kg and has a nose weight of say 75kg. When hooked up to the car then technically is the weight of the van now 1225kg, that is the weight going through the tyres to the road, as 75kg is on the hitch.
If you asked a scientist they would probably say yes, this is the case. The mass of the vehicle is measured through it's direct point of contacts with the ground.
Colin
Posted on 20/03/2021 07:12
Using the figures that you provided, if the caravan weighs 1300kg, then it always weighs 1300kg, whether it is hitched to the car or not. However, the car is only towing 1225kg. The remaining 75kg, the noseweight, aren't being towed by the car but carried by it. In other words, the car is 75kg heavier when the caravan is hitched.
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Posted on 20/03/2021 12:34
Apologies, Lutz is correct, I wasn't aware that the legislation was changed in 2013 and the requirement for the car to be heavier than the trailer removed - every day's a school day!
I note that the advice here:
https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/advice-and-training/advice-for-beginners/driving-licences/
still includes the obsolete regulation.
Wolfie1
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