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Legalities of towing a trailer.
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I've researched this recently because I'm getting a caravan, here goes...

GVW = gross vehicle weight, what a car or trailer can weigh loaded fully.

Unladed weight = weight of car or trailer unloaded.

The combined GVW of car and caravan can not exceed 3.5 tonnes, and the trailers GVW must be less than the cars unladen weight, even if it isn't loaded.

So basically, my 190E is 1170kg unladen, so my caravans GVW can not exceed that. The 2 berth caravans I'm looking at all weight about 800kg unladen and about 1100kg GVW, so I can legally tow that, but not much more...

Any trailer that can carry a lawn mower will probably have a plated GVW of about 1500kg minimum, which is more than a 306 weighs, so that wouldn't be legal.
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Legalities of towing a trailer. - by Marcus1991 - 26-07-2014, 01:01 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by THE_Liam - 26-07-2014, 02:26 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by mspdan - 26-07-2014, 02:59 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by Toms306 - 26-07-2014, 04:16 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by Toms306 - 26-07-2014, 05:19 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by Toms306 - 26-07-2014, 05:29 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by Toms306 - 26-07-2014, 05:38 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by toseland - 26-07-2014, 05:41 PM
RE: Legalities of towing a trailer. - by Eeyore - 26-07-2014, 09:53 PM

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