Shadow Accident
Discussion
This accident was reported in my local paper yesterday and also got a mention in the Telegraph this morning.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/13341096.Vint...
Whilst I'm very sorry for anyone who suffers the loss of a classic in this case it seems the owner was the author of his misfortune. He was towing a Shadow which will have weighed in at around 2,000 kg, add a trailer of say 500 - 750 kg, and his towing vehicle was a RAV 4. The permitted towing weight for the RAV is between 1,500 and 1,800, he was massively over-weight and he was expecting to get to Spain like this!
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/13341096.Vint...
Whilst I'm very sorry for anyone who suffers the loss of a classic in this case it seems the owner was the author of his misfortune. He was towing a Shadow which will have weighed in at around 2,000 kg, add a trailer of say 500 - 750 kg, and his towing vehicle was a RAV 4. The permitted towing weight for the RAV is between 1,500 and 1,800, he was massively over-weight and he was expecting to get to Spain like this!
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