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Has the axle have autoreverse brakes then ?
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MLPM Maximum legally permitted mass Basically the same as MAM is for a car but for a trailer.
As long as you said you had a towbar fitted in reply to the modifications then it should be covered for 3rd party damage.
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"MAM" - ABA!!! (Another beeping Abbreviation) :-D
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It looks like a dump trailer to me.
Take it to the dump, leave without it.
Take it to the dump, leave without it.
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When I look back over the all ways I tried to save money when I had very little of it, it's obvious that if I'd have just bought better stuff right from the start, instead of working all those hours and spending out to 'doing up' old junk, I would have had a much easier and more profitable life.
For instance, after having a near death experience with my cobbled up ex scrap yard trailer, I bit the bullet and bought a brand new four wheel Ifor Williams for £1,400.
After 22yrs of constant week day building work abuse, and weekends tearing about the country carrying my comp off roaders at silly speeds, the tyres went pop. I put a set of new tyres on it and did the seals and bearings.
Then I got a vintage car that wouldn't fit on it, so I bought a brand new Brian James car transporter trailer and got £1,000 trade in for it. I expect that one to have a similarly low depreciation.
Just saying...
For instance, after having a near death experience with my cobbled up ex scrap yard trailer, I bit the bullet and bought a brand new four wheel Ifor Williams for £1,400.
After 22yrs of constant week day building work abuse, and weekends tearing about the country carrying my comp off roaders at silly speeds, the tyres went pop. I put a set of new tyres on it and did the seals and bearings.
Then I got a vintage car that wouldn't fit on it, so I bought a brand new Brian James car transporter trailer and got £1,000 trade in for it. I expect that one to have a similarly low depreciation.
Just saying...
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As Bob says, plate looks like eBay one. With regard to the trailer itself. Axle weights are just that. The GVW on the trailer could not possibly be 1400 if the axle is 890kg. I’m sure most vehicles in the UK have a max of 150kg nose weight something like that.
Also, the weight plate on that would require him to need a B+E licence. If caught driving that without a licence he will be in trouble. I guess he’s towing it with that RR, I’m not sure what the GVW is of that but I’d have thought it’s about 3t. That would mean he can only pull a trailer up to 750kg GVW.
Also, the weight plate on that would require him to need a B+E licence. If caught driving that without a licence he will be in trouble. I guess he’s towing it with that RR, I’m not sure what the GVW is of that but I’d have thought it’s about 3t. That would mean he can only pull a trailer up to 750kg GVW.
Maximum authorised mass
With a RR yes but with a family sized car with a MAM of 2000kg no.
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Absolutely but as I say. With the RR that applies. Its why I posted the screenshot.
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that one i knew.
(i know most of them, to be honest - just pointing out that theres a lot of them)
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The Range Rover is one of the few vehicles with 150KG nose weight.
Most normal cars are 50KG.
He has a Series Land Rover fitted with a 3l Mercedes diesel to tow it or my Range rover.
So if its 1T capacity trailer what should the rating plate say?
Most normal cars are 50KG.
He has a Series Land Rover fitted with a 3l Mercedes diesel to tow it or my Range rover.
So if its 1T capacity trailer what should the rating plate say?
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something like:
max gross weight: 1350kgs.
unladen weight: 350kgs
axle 1: 1400kgs
take it and get it weighed, empty and unhitched, for the unladen weight.
i weigh mine at the local friendly scrapyard.
i'd be interested in what it actually *does* weigh.
Addendum: i have a very similar hitch on one of my trailers which is marked with a max. nose weight. (in cwt.)
nose weight is about loading, not plating.
i try to get about 30-40kgs nose weight on the ones I refurbish, then add a toolbox with straps, + a spare tyre, to the a-frame to bring the nose weight up to nearer 50kg
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So let me get this right.
After Jan 97
Could you tow this trailer if it had 200KG in it? to total weight trailer and load would be 700KG? Or is it all about capacity as we would assume it could carry 1000KG + 500KG for the trailer so would have potential to be 1500KG?
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My head hurts LOL
So could not tow it with the Range Rover but happily with his 1.4 Polo?
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long story short:
construction and use goes on actual measured weights.
licence goes by plated maximum weights.
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Thanks
So Polo max towing weight is a little over 1000kg, so fine for a Unbaked trailer of <750KG max capacity ( Load + Trailer)
Range Rover is 3.5T I think so no problem, will have to check series
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the thing to watch for is your RR max weight (without trailer) - if that is 3.5T, then you wont be able to tow ANY trailer on a post 97 licence. (or if its 3T, you can only use a trailer plated sub-500kgs max)
i'm having this issue with my new van.
<edit> first figures i found gives 3.2T GVW for RR sport, with a 2T kerb weight - so i could only tow (with my 1998 licence) a 300kg plated trailer - even if the car was otberwise empty.
BUT: I could carry a tonne bag of sand in the boot.
