Government Gobbledegook on Towing Trailers

[bikingdad90]

The change is that anyone who is now 35 or younger can now tow a trailer up to 3500MAM and no longer capped at 750MAM trailer weight but in reality it’s capped at the GTW.

I drive a scenic which has a GTW of 3050kg and has a kerb weight of 1967kg meaning I am limited to a trailer of 1083kg which is conveniently close to the braked towing weight.

 

[gbb]

When was it issued?

I think it was updated with a new address circa 1986, expires sometime early 2030's

 

[icowden]

Essentially the changes were to enable people to drive / pull bigger and heavier stuff as there was a driver shortage due to our changed relationship with Europe.

 

[Alex321]

Essentially the changes were to enable people to drive / pull bigger and heavier stuff as there was a driver shortage due to our changed relationship with Europe.

Those changes will not have made any significant difference to that, as the shortage was of HGV drivers.

 

[CXRAndy]

Just had to recover my own car, after No1 son trashed 2 tyres

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Just had to recover my own car, after No1 son trashed 2 tyres

Dare we ask how & is he still breathing, or able to change at 100?

 

[CXRAndy]

Dare we ask how & is he still breathing, or able to change at 100?

A expensive day, lesson learnt.

Without prompting he has offered to pay for repairs, which stand at £400 notes with tracking redone.